About
Sneha Sivakumar is co-founder and CEO of Spur. She previously worked as a growth engineer at Figma and Snap.
Founder at SpurYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Sneha went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β 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 β the partner who ran Spur's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Sneha can intro founders to Spur's investors below.
Spur's investors Β· 8
ConvictionSan Francisco Β· $1M β $25M checks Β· since 2025First Round CapitalSan Francisco Β· $1M β $7M checks Β· since 2025Insight PartnersNew York Β· $120M β $350M checksNeoPear VCSan Francisco Β· $150K β $4M checks Β· since 2025Predictive VCNew YorkPredictive Venture PartnersNew York Β· since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2024
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Co-founders at Spur
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Anushka NijhawanFounder
Experience
- SpurFounder & CEOcurrent2024 β presentUnited States
- NeoNeo Scholarcurrent2023 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Yale UniversityNLP Research Scientist2023 β 2024New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Singapore National Olympic CouncilMember of Singapore National Squash Team2013 β 2023Singapore
- Singapore National Olympic CouncilSPEX2018 β 2019Singapore
- FigmaGrowth Engineer2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- Kleiner PerkinsKleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Pear VCScout2022 β 2023
- Snap Inc.Backend Engineer2022
- DandilyonnSoftware Engineering Intern2021United States
- Yale Entrepreneurial SocietyTech Team2021United States
- Yale Entrepreneurial SocietyMentorship Team2020 β 2021
- Drona TechFounder2020 β 2021Singapore
- Yale UniversityResearch Assistant at Language Information Learning Lab ( LILY)2021Connecticut, United States
- Yale UniversityResearch Assistant at ACT Lab2021
- Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY)Tsai City Accelerator2020 β 2021New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Self-employedBlogger2020
- The Thought CollectiveColumnist2020
- Raffles Girls'β SchoolScience Mentorship Programme2016 β 2017Singapore
Skills & more
Ruby1Figma (Software)1React.js2HTML2Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)1javascript2Google Cloud Platform (GCP)2gRPC2Python (Programming Language)1C (Programming Language)2Swift (Programming Language)2Firebase1
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NoSQLR (Programming Language)JavaSpurTestingNo-Code DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)TypeScriptstatsigEntrepreneurshipStory PitchingBusiness Strategy- Building GenAI Applications β Coursera
- Member β Rewriting the Code
- Code Path β CodePath
- Edu2025 Policy Hackathon β Reactor
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sneha Sivakumar?
- Sneha Sivakumar is co-founder and CEO of Spur. She previously worked as a growth engineer at Figma and Snap.
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- What companies did Sneha Sivakumar found?
- Sneha Sivakumar founded Spur.
- Where did Sneha Sivakumar go to school?
- Sneha Sivakumar studied at Yale University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Philosophy); Y Combinator (Summer 2024 - Spur.dev); Raffles Girls'β School.
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