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Maxwell Salzberg
FounderFounder at BackerKit
Berkeley, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedBackerKit · YC
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About
Maxwell Salzberg is CEO and co-founder of BackerKit, a crowdfunding platform that has reached $23.7M in annual recurring revenue and facilitated $3.7B in campaigns across 10,000+ creators globally. He previously co-founded Diaspora, a YC-backed project that was the first Kickstarter campaign to exceed $100K in funding. Salzberg holds a degree in Computer Science from NYU.
Founder at BackerKitYC S12
Intro paths
Maxwell went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Maxwell can intro founders to BackerKit's investors below.
BackerKit's investors · 3
Co-founders at BackerKit
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maxwell Salzberg?
- Maxwell Salzberg is CEO and co-founder of BackerKit, a crowdfunding platform that has reached $23.7M in annual recurring revenue and facilitated $3.7B in campaigns across 10,000+ creators globally. He previously co-founded Diaspora, a YC-backed project that was the first Kickstarter campaign to exceed $100K in funding. Salzberg holds a degree in Computer Science from NYU.
- Where does Maxwell Salzberg work?
- Maxwell Salzberg is Founder of BackerKit.
- What check size does Maxwell Salzberg write?
- Maxwell Salzberg typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies did Maxwell Salzberg found?
- Maxwell Salzberg founded BackerKit.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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New York University mafia323
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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