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.
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Experience
- CytracomHead of Product, Security Risk Managementcurrent2026 — present
- CytracomHead of Product, Telivy2025 — 2026
- Primary Venture PartnersExpertcurrent2025 — present
- TelivyCo-Founder & CEO2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Hippo InsuranceEngineering Team Lead2020 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
- Hippo InsuranceSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2020Palo Alto, California, United States
- IBMSoftware Engineer2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- IBMIntern | Software Engineer2015San Francisco Bay Area
- icClarity, Inc.Intern | Software Engineer2014 — 2015Irvine
- Johnson & JohnsonIntern | Finance2013 — 2014Orange County, California, United States
- BroadcomIntern | Finance2012 — 2013Irvine, CA
- Merrill LynchIntern | Finance2012Newport Beach, CA
Skills & more
Linux4CSS5HTML8JavaScript12Java31C7Python11Django3PostgreSQL3Github4SQL5Databases11
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Microsoft ExcelSchemeProduct DevelopmentProduct ManagementBusiness PlanningProgrammingInvestmentsEntrepreneurshipMarketingBusiness AnalysisMobile Applications- Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling — Coursera
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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.
- 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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