Fundraising Fox

Spencer Brown

Founder

Founder at Chestnut

FoundedChestnut Β· 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 ChestnutYC X25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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

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