Scott Hasbrouck
FounderFounder/CTO (YC S16) at Techmate
Melbourne, Florida, United States
FoundedTechmate · YC
About
Scott Hasbrouck is the founder and CEO of SerenX and previously founded Orcrist, a counter-drone missile company. He earned a Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Spring Arbor University and pursued PhD studies at the University of Georgia before leaving to develop an iPad utility app; he later co-founded Techmate, which was admitted to Y Combinator's S16 batch, and has worked on aerospace projects with NASA. He most recently served as VP of Engineering and Head of Space at Gluwa, a financial technology company that operates the Creditcoin cryptocurrency.
Founder/CTO (YC S16) at TechmateYC S16
Intro paths
YC
Scott went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Scott can intro founders to Techmate's investors below.
Techmate's investors · 7
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2016Allied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checksBread And Butter Ventures, LlcMinneapolis · $100K – $250K checksBrighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checksEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)New York · $100K – $2M checksGFR FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016
Co-founders at Techmate
CB
Colin BarcelouxFounder
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AlexCo-founder and CTO
Experience
- SerenXFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentMelbourne, Florida, United States
- QUANTUM MOTORSSales Engineeringcurrent2025 — present
- VisSidus Technologies, Inc.Board Member2020 — 2025Kihei, Hawaii, United States
- Deep Planet Research, LLCAerospace and Flight Software Engineering2019 — 2025Melbourne, Florida, United States
- Space NetworkChief Technology Officer2022 — 2024Melbourne, Florida, United States
- GluwaVP of Engineering2021 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Sivo (YC W21)Chief Technology Officer2021
- Soul MachinesHead of Solution Architecture, North America and EMEA2018 — 2020Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- GigsterHead of Enterprise Sales Engineering2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Techmate Inc.Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder (YC S16)2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Ginkgotree, Inc.Chief Executive Officer & Founder2010 — 2014Ann Arbor, MI
- WebSpinner, LLCSoftware Engineering Consultant1998 — 2013Jackson, Michigan, United States
Skills & more
C++PyTorchWeb 2.012HTML4Objective-C2SaaS3WordPress2MySQL2HTML 52Wordpress2CSS2PHP1
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JavaScriptAndroidDrupaljQueryXMLGoogle AnalyticsHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)EntrepreneurshipConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)Web DevelopmentStart-upsLanguages English · Italian
- Rescue Diver — PADI
- Commercial Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Sea — Federal Aviation Administration
- High Power Rocketry Level 2 Certification — Tripoli Rocketry Association
- Private Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land — Federal Aviation Administration
- Commercial Pilot, Insturment, Airplane Single Engine Land — Federal Aviation Administration
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Scott Hasbrouck?
- Scott Hasbrouck is the founder and CEO of SerenX and previously founded Orcrist, a counter-drone missile company. He earned a Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Spring Arbor University and pursued PhD studies at the University of Georgia before leaving to develop an iPad utility app; he later co-founded Techmate, which was admitted to Y Combinator's S16 batch, and has worked on aerospace projects with NASA. He most recently served as VP of Engineering and Head of Space at Gluwa, a financial technology company that operates the Creditcoin cryptocurrency.
- Where does Scott Hasbrouck work?
- Scott Hasbrouck is Founder/CTO (YC S16) of Techmate.
- What companies did Scott Hasbrouck found?
- Scott Hasbrouck founded Techmate.
- Where did Scott Hasbrouck go to school?
- Scott Hasbrouck studied at Y Combinator (Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Y Combinator (Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); The University of Georgia (Physical Chemistry).
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Also attended The University of Georgia98
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