Where does Spencer Brown work?

Spencer Brown is Founder of Chestnut.

What companies did Spencer Brown found?

Spencer Brown founded Chestnut.

Where did Spencer Brown go to school?

Spencer Brown studied at Y Combinator (P25); Purdue University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Granville High School.

Spencer Brown

Founder

Founder at Chestnut

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedChestnut · YC

About

Spencer Brown previously built a mortgage lending system that processed 2% of annual US mortgages. He has worked as an engineer at multiple early-stage startups and is now building an AI-driven mortgage lending platform.

Founder at Chestnut YC X25

Intro paths

Spencer went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Chestnut's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Spencer can intro founders to Chestnut's investors below.

Chestnut's investors · 4

DBL PartnersPalo Alto · since 2025 Neer Venture Partners$25K – $500K checks Olive Tree CapitalBoston Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Experience

NomboFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
ChestnutFounder2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
LoanCrateCo-Founder, Head of Engineering, Head of Product2020 — 2024Los Angeles, CA
HerophilusSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco, CA
VariousConsulting2015 — 2020
MixmaxSoftware Engineer2016 — 2018San Francisco, CA
Rival IQIntern2015Seattle, WA
Mitratech ContinuityIntern2014
Exalted CollectiblesFounder2012 — 2013Granville, OH

Skills & more

Engineering2Product Management2Entrepreneurship27Start-ups22Web Development19New Business Development7Maxing out airline and hotel rewards programs...1Ruby4Ruby on Rails10SQL1Git5Unix

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PhotoshopNode.jsJavaScriptBackbone.jsCMatlabPythonPython (Programming Language)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Spencer Brown?: Spencer Brown previously built a mortgage lending system that processed 2% of annual US mortgages. He has worked as an engineer at multiple early-stage startups and is now building an AI-driven mortgage lending platform.
Where does Spencer Brown work?: Spencer Brown is Founder of Chestnut.
What companies did Spencer Brown found?: Spencer Brown founded Chestnut.
Where did Spencer Brown go to school?: Spencer Brown studied at Y Combinator (P25); Purdue University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Granville High School.