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Michael Malis

Founder

Founder at Freshpaint

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFreshpaint · YC

About

Michael Malis joined Heap after graduating high school in 2015, where he worked on scaling their Postgres database infrastructure and eventually led the database team. He has experience with large-scale database optimization and cost reduction initiatives.

Founder at FreshpaintYC S19

Intro paths

YC

Michael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Freshpaint's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Michael can intro founders to Freshpaint's investors below.

Freshpaint's investors · 6

Abstraction CapitalKansas City · $50K – $400K checksSignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksThreshold VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $20M checksVibe CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019Zero Prime VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $1.5M checks

Co-founders at Freshpaint

SFSteven Fitzsimmons
Steven FitzsimmonsFounder

Experience

  1. pgrustFoundercurrent2026 — present
  2. FreshpaintFounder2019 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. HeapSoftware Engineer2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  4. UberSoftware Engineering Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Performance Analysis1Cost Reduction1PostgreSQL1ScalaAmazon Web Services (AWS)1

From Michael's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Michael Malis?
Michael Malis joined Heap after graduating high school in 2015, where he worked on scaling their Postgres database infrastructure and eventually led the database team. He has experience with large-scale database optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
Where does Michael Malis work?
Michael Malis is Founder of Freshpaint.
What companies did Michael Malis found?
Michael Malis founded Freshpaint.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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Heap mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

George FangGrowth Marketing Manager - Demand GenerationFounded Meridian +1Steven FitzsimmonsProduct MarketingFounded Freshpaint

Shared employers

Also worked at Freshpaint6

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaNick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Arpit MittalPartner at Threshold VenturesWayne HuPartner at SignalFireVinny PujjiManaging Partner at Left Lane CapitalSteven FitzsimmonsFounder at Freshpaint

Also worked at Heap10

Isabelle SmithEvents Coordinator at HeavybitDan FougereInvestor at Index VenturesJinlin WangPartner at Foothill VenturesMatt MurphyPartner at Menlo VenturesTyler PetersonPartner, Technology at Triangle Peak PartnersAlexander KatzManaging Director at Sixth Street

+ 4 more

Also worked at Uber418

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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