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Sarah Hamer

Founder

Founder at RetailReady

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedRetailReady · YC

30 Under 30 2025 · Transportation & Mobility

About

Sarah holds an industrial engineering degree from Georgia Tech and worked as an engineer at Microsoft before joining Stord, a supply chain software company, where she identified retail compliance challenges that led to founding RetailReady with a co-founder she met there.

Founder at RetailReadyYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Sarah went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran RetailReady's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Sarah can intro founders to RetailReady's investors below.

RetailReady's investors · 4

640 OxfordDetroit · $250K – $400K checksDuke Capital PartnersDurhamLombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at RetailReady

ESElle Smyth
Elle SmythFounder

Experience

  1. RetailReadyCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. StordStrategy Associate to the CTO2023 — 2024Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  3. StordProgram Manager - Strategic Alignment2022 — 2023
  4. MicrosoftCloud Solutions Architect2020 — 2022
  5. DASDUOFounder2018 — 2020
  6. Manhattan AssociatesSoftware Consultant Co-Op2017 — 2018Greater Atlanta Area

Skills & more

SQL6WMS Implementations4Python3Microsoft Azure2Microsoft PowerPointEducational LeadershipMicrosoft Office5
  • CompTIA Security+ — CompTIA
  • Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator — Microsoft
  • Training - Active Omni - DOM & DS — Manhattan Associates
  • Warehouse Management Open Systems Level 1 — Manhattan Associates

From Sarah's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sarah Hamer?
Sarah holds an industrial engineering degree from Georgia Tech and worked as an engineer at Microsoft before joining Stord, a supply chain software company, where she identified retail compliance challenges that led to founding RetailReady with a co-founder she met there.
Where does Sarah Hamer work?
Sarah Hamer is Founder of RetailReady.
What companies did Sarah Hamer found?
Sarah Hamer founded RetailReady.
Where did Sarah Hamer go to school?
Sarah Hamer studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering); Y Combinator.

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Same school

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Shared employers

Also worked at RetailReady1

Elle SmythFounder at RetailReady

Also worked at Stord6

Spencer FoustManaging Director at Sozo VenturesIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBNick BunickPrincipal at NewView CapitalSantosh SankarManaging Partner at Dynamo VenturesEd AdjeiFounder at Aragorn AIElle SmythFounder at RetailReady

Also worked at Microsoft1,330

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at Manhattan Associates9

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