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Naren Sathiya

InvestorFounder

Expert at Primary Venture Partners · Founder at Telivy

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTelivy · YC

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254 people in our graph share verified history with Naren — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Karthik ArdhanareeswaranunlockedNaren: together at Johnson & Johnson (2013)
×9Naren: together at Primary Venture Partners
Naren: together at Johnson & Johnson
Naren: together at University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

About

Naren Sathiya was an early engineer at Hippo Insurance where he built and led the embedded distribution channel with homebuilders. He is now working on similar distribution workflows for the commercial insurance sector, focusing on cyber and compliance.

Founder at TelivyYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Naren went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Telivy's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Naren can intro founders to Telivy's investors below.

Telivy's investors · 5

Financial Venture StudioSan JoseMGV.VCSan Francisco · $500K checksRestive VenturesSan Jose · $50K – $2.5M checksThomvest VenturesSan Francisco · $2M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Experience

  1. CytracomHead of Product, Security Risk Managementcurrent2026 — present
  2. CytracomHead of Product, Telivy2025 — 2026
  3. Primary Venture PartnersExpertcurrent2025 — present
  4. TelivyCo-Founder & CEO2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Hippo InsuranceEngineering Team Lead2020 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
  6. Hippo InsuranceSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2020Palo Alto, California, United States
  7. IBMSoftware Engineer2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  8. IBMIntern | Software Engineer2015San Francisco Bay Area
  9. icClarity, Inc.Intern | Software Engineer2014 — 2015Irvine
  10. Johnson & JohnsonIntern | Finance2013 — 2014Orange County, California, United States
  11. BroadcomIntern | Finance2012 — 2013Irvine, CA
  12. Merrill LynchIntern | Finance2012Newport Beach, CA

Skills & more

Linux4CSS5HTML8JavaScript12Java31C7Python11Django3PostgreSQL3Github4SQL5Databases11
+11 moreMicrosoft ExcelSchemeProduct DevelopmentProduct ManagementBusiness PlanningProgrammingInvestmentsEntrepreneurshipMarketingBusiness AnalysisMobile Applications
  • Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling — Coursera

From Naren's professional profile.

Colleagues at Primary Venture Partners

Adam Piasecki
Senior Associate, Vertical AI at Primary Venture Partners
Alex Giles
Market Development Associate at Primary Venture Partners
Alex Horne
Associate, People & Networks at Primary Venture Partners
Alexandra Lappas
Office Manager at Primary Venture Partners
Amber Braman
Executive Assistant at Primary Venture Partners
Anna Floyd
Assistant Controller at Primary Venture Partners
Annabelle Kim
Analyst, People and Networks at Primary Venture Partners
Antonio Lepore
Investor at Canaan Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Naren Sathiya?
Naren Sathiya was an early engineer at Hippo Insurance where he built and led the embedded distribution channel with homebuilders. He is now working on similar distribution workflows for the commercial insurance sector, focusing on cyber and compliance.
Where does Naren Sathiya work?
Naren Sathiya is Founder of Telivy and Expert at Primary Venture Partners.
What companies did Naren Sathiya found?
Naren Sathiya founded Telivy.
Where did Naren Sathiya go to school?
Naren Sathiya studied at Y Combinator (W17, S21); UC Irvine (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science); University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration).

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