About
Salo Serfati is CEO of Chariot. He previously worked as a backend engineer at BlackRock and founding engineer at Forage, and holds a degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Founder at ChariotYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Salomon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Chariot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Salomon can intro founders to Chariot's investors below.
Chariot's investors · 13
Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026FJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checks · since 2025Graph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checks · since 2025HAWKTAILSan FranciscoHaystackSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checksIndicator VenturesNew York · $1M – $3M checks · since 2025LightbankChicago · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Maven VenturesPalo Alto · $1M checksMaveronSeattle · $100K – $8M checks · since 2024Rosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checks · since 2025Uncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022
Co-founders at Chariot
AK
Aaron KahaneFounder
DS
Drew SchneiderFounder
Experience
- ChariotCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2022 — presentNew York, United States
- MytenFounder2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- BlackRockSoftware Engineer2020 — 2022New York, United States
- ForageFounding Software Engineer2019 — 2020
- BlackRockSoftware Engineer Intern2019Greater New York City Area
- Coco and BreezyProduct Manager2018Greater New York City Area
- TAMID GroupVice President of Consulting2016 — 2017
- Bunks - The College Roommate Matchmaker AppCo Founder2015 — 2017
- iX CapitaliXCapital Venture Capitalist Accelerator2016Cape Town Area, South Africa
Skills & more
Ethereum1Smart Contracts1Java1React.js1React Native1Leadership7Strategic Planning8Social Media9Entrepreneurship5
Languages English · Hebrew · Spanish
From Salomon's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Salomon Serfati?
- Salo Serfati is CEO of Chariot. He previously worked as a backend engineer at BlackRock and founding engineer at Forage, and holds a degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
- Where does Salomon Serfati work?
- Salomon Serfati is Founder of Chariot.
- What companies did Salomon Serfati found?
- Salomon Serfati founded Chariot.
- Where did Salomon Serfati go to school?
- Salomon Serfati studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S22); ChainShot (Chainshot Ethereuem Development Bootcamp, Blockchain).
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