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Matthew Yekell

Founder

Founder at Incandor

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedIncandor · YC

About

Matthew Yekell held positions at Vista Equity Partners, Stanford Management Company, and Cboe Global Markets before founding Incandor. He studied computer science at Stanford.

Founder at IncandorYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Matthew went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Incandor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Matthew can intro founders to Incandor's investors below.

Incandor's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Incandor

LRLuc Rosenzweig
Luc RosenzweigFounder

Experience

  1. IncandorCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Vista Equity PartnersPrivate Equity Analyst2025 — 2026
  3. New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Venture Growth Equity Fellow2025
  4. Stanford Management CompanyInvestments Intern2024 — 2025

Skills & more

Software Systems Engineering5Research10Community Organizing15Data Analysis10Policy Analysis5C (Programming Language)4Python (Programming Language)4C++4Google Analytics2

Languages English · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Matthew Yekell?
Matthew Yekell held positions at Vista Equity Partners, Stanford Management Company, and Cboe Global Markets before founding Incandor. He studied computer science at Stanford.
Where does Matthew Yekell work?
Matthew Yekell is Founder of Incandor.
What companies did Matthew Yekell found?
Matthew Yekell founded Incandor.
Where did Matthew Yekell go to school?
Matthew Yekell studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Artifical Intelligence)); St. John's School (High School Diploma).

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