Paul Sawaya
FounderFounder/CTO at Human Interest
San Francisco, California
Writes $10K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedHuman Interest · YC
About
Paul Sawaya previously co-founded Human Interest, a Y Combinator S15 company, and is currently working on a project in gaming.
Founder/CTO at Human InterestYC S15
Intro paths
YC
Paul went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Human Interest's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Paul can intro founders to Human Interest's investors below.
Human Interest's investors · 20
Better Tomorrow VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checksCrunchFundFundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checksImmeasurableLos Angeles · $25K – $100K checksJude GomilaLynnwoodNewView CapitalBurlingameSemperVirens Venture CapitalSan MateoSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checksSoftBank Vision FundLondonSusa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksSV AngelSan FranciscoToba CapitalIrvine · $1M – $10M checksTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checksTuesday CapitalSan FranciscoUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksUS Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checksWingPalo Alto · $200K – $20M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015
Co-founders at Human Interest
Experience
- 🎮 Something new in gamingFounder / CEO / Chief Game Designercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Human InterestCo-Founder/CTO2015 — 2020San Francisco
- MozillaLabs/Identity2011 — 2013
- MozillaServices Intern2011Mountain View, CA
- Apple Inc.Software Engineering Intern2010Cupertino, CA
- Justin.tvSoftware Engineer Intern2009San Francisco, CA
- BloombergFinancial Software Developer Intern2008New York, NY
Education
- Y Combinator2015
- Hampshire College2009 — 2011
- Boston University2006 — 2008
- Riverhead High School
Skills & more
Web Development4Software Development8Software Engineering5Python22JavaScript15
From Paul's professional profile.
Network1
Investors connected to Paul in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Paul Sawaya work?
- Paul Sawaya is Founder/CTO at Human Interest.
- What check size does Paul Sawaya write?
- Paul Sawaya typically writes checks of $10K – $50K.
- What companies did Paul Sawaya found?
- Paul Sawaya founded Human Interest.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,729
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Boston University mafia65
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Hampshire College mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended Hampshire College6
Also attended Boston University249
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Shared employers
Also worked at Human Interest8
Andrew McLoughlinBrit in San Francisco; seed-stage venture capital investorSteve KrauszGeneral Partner at US Venture PartnersAnkit SudPartner at NewView CapitalMargarette JungGrowth Marketing Director at First Round CapitalJim FeuilleVenture Partner at Crosslink CapitalJoyce Zhang GrayGlobal Expansion at Aurelia Ventures
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Also worked at Mozilla38
Austin HayInvestor at Khosla VenturesEmily MoskowitzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalMarco DeMirozGeneral Partner & Co-founder at The Venture Reality FundPramit SinghiAssociate at Titan CapitalNaveed IhsanullahTechnical Partner at Eterna Capital
+ 32 more
Also worked at Apple Inc.456
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at Daphni
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Also worked at Bloomberg144
Eric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAdriana RocheHead of Talent at Uncork CapitalArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesNick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly Group
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