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Swen Koller

Founder

Founder at Ventura

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedVentura · YC

About

Swen Koller previously founded and exited a B2B SaaS platform serving wholesale distributors across Europe, and has work experience at BCG. He holds an MS in Engineering and an MBA from Harvard.

Founder at VenturaYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Swen went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Ventura's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Swen can intro founders to Ventura's investors below.

Ventura's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Ventura

JCJack Collins
Jack CollinsFounder

Experience

  1. Ventura (YC W26)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentMetropolregion San Francisco Bay Area
  2. Harvard Business SchoolMS Engineering & MBA2023 — 2025
  3. bravo (acquired by Sensational AG)Co-Founder & CEO2020 — 2023
  4. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Associate2018 — 2020

Skills & more

Limbo34Party Planning30

Languages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch · Italienisch

From Swen's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Swen Koller?
Swen Koller previously founded and exited a B2B SaaS platform serving wholesale distributors across Europe, and has work experience at BCG. He holds an MS in Engineering and an MBA from Harvard.
Where does Swen Koller work?
Swen Koller is Founder of Ventura.
What companies did Swen Koller found?
Swen Koller founded Ventura.
Where did Swen Koller go to school?
Swen Koller studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Harvard University (MS, Engineering Science); Imperial College London (MSc, Computing Science).

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