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About
Paula Gutierrez studied aerospace at Imperial College, MIT, and UC Berkeley. She has worked as a quantitative analyst at Bank of America and NASA, as an engineer at Rolls Royce, and as a software engineer at several startups.
CEO at SelfinYC F25
Intro paths
Paula went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Selfin's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Paula can intro founders to Selfin's investors below.
Selfin's investors · 2
Co-founders at Selfin
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paula Gutierrez?
- Paula Gutierrez studied aerospace at Imperial College, MIT, and UC Berkeley. She has worked as a quantitative analyst at Bank of America and NASA, as an engineer at Rolls Royce, and as a software engineer at several startups.
- Where does Paula Gutierrez work?
- Paula Gutierrez is CEO of Selfin.
- What companies did Paula Gutierrez found?
- Paula Gutierrez founded Selfin.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,487
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University of California, Berkeley mafia1,343
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Imperial College London mafia463
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D. mafia16
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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