About
Travis Gibson spent nearly seven years as an engineer at Marqeta, where he worked on the core payments infrastructure and later led a money movement team. He co-founded Proper to address data integrity challenges in fintech.
Founder at ProperYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Travis went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Travis can intro founders to Proper's investors below.
Proper's investors · 2
Co-founders at Proper
KM
Kyle MaloneyFounder
Experience
- Rhino + JettyChief Technology Officercurrent2026 — presentUnited States
- Glide LTCAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- CanoniqFoundercurrent2024 — present
- VEROInterim Chief Technology Officer2025 — 2026
- ProperCo-Founder & CTO2021 — 2024
- Marqeta, IncLead Software Engineer2020 — 2021
- Marqeta, IncSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2020Oakland, California, United States
- Marqeta, IncSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017Emeryville, CA
Skills & more
Human ResourcesData AnalysisTime ManagementCustomer ServiceSocial NetworkingMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPhotoshopPublic SpeakingManagement
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TeamworkEnglishFrom Travis's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Travis Gibson?
- Travis Gibson spent nearly seven years as an engineer at Marqeta, where he worked on the core payments infrastructure and later led a money movement team. He co-founded Proper to address data integrity challenges in fintech.
- Where does Travis Gibson work?
- Travis Gibson is Founder of Proper.
- What companies did Travis Gibson found?
- Travis Gibson founded Proper.
- Where did Travis Gibson go to school?
- Travis Gibson studied at Y Combinator; Duke University.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rhino + Jetty2
Also worked at VERO1
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