Tennison Chan
FounderCofounder CTO at Truewind
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedTruewind · YC
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237 people in our graph share verified history with Tennison — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Wesley ChanunlockedTennison: together at Flexport (2021–2022)
×7Tennison: together at Pinterest
×2Tennison: together at Truewind
Tennison: together at Flexport
About
Tennison Chan is co-founder and CTO of Truewind.
Cofounder CTO at TruewindYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Tennison went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Truewind's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Tennison can intro founders to Truewind's investors below.
Truewind's investors · 9
Beat VenturesSan FranciscoFin CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2024Hike VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksMyAsiaVCSeattlePathlight VenturesOld Bridge · $500K – $5M checksRho VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checksSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2024Thomson Reuters VenturesNew YorkY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at Truewind
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Alex LeeFounder
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Tennison CFounder
Experience
- TruewindCo-Founder, CTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- FlexportSenior Software Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- PinterestSoftware Engineer2019 — 2021San Francisco, California
- Alibaba GroupSenior Frontend Engineer2018Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- AlphaSightsSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
GraphQL23Redux.js18React.js12JavaScript48Web Development34Social Entrepreneurship16MySQL12Mobile Applications27HTML 58Entrepreneurship7HTML10HTML59
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Microsoft OfficeLinuxjQueryLeadershipCSS3Google AnalyticsPhotoshopLAMP stackUnix Shell ScriptingMarketingUser ExperienceSmart TVLanguages English · Mandarin
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence — Udacity
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tennison Chan?
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- Tennison Chan is Cofounder CTO of Truewind.
- What companies did Tennison Chan found?
- Tennison Chan founded Truewind.
- Where did Tennison Chan go to school?
- Tennison Chan studied at Y Combinator (W23).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Flexport mafia32
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Flexport mafia31
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Alibaba Group mafia16
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Alphasights mafia9
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Same school
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Truewind4
Also worked at Flexport58
Ryan PetersenFounder & CEO of FlexportWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesJessExecutive Assistant at Renegade PartnersRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalMatt MocharyInvestor at Fortius VenturesBrian FrankPartner at Permanent Capital Ventures
+ 52 more
Also worked at Pinterest86
Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersBen SilbermannCo-founder of PinterestSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesKevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VCAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
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