Find your path to Troy
150 people in our graph share verified history with Troy — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Javier SolterounlockedTroy: together at Carnegie Mellon University (2015)
×3Troy: together at Gecko Robotics
×7Troy: together at Carnegie Mellon University
Troy: together at UPMC
About
Troy Demmer is co-founder of Gecko Robotics, a company developing robotic systems for infrastructure inspection. He attended Grove City College near Pittsburgh, where he met co-founder Jake, and together they built and bootstrapped the company before participating in Y Combinator.
Founder/COO at Gecko RoboticsYC W16
Intro paths
YC
Troy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Gecko Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Troy can intro founders to Gecko Robotics's investors below.
Gecko Robotics's investors · 26
ACE & CompanyNew YorkAlpha PartnersNew York · $3M – $10M checksBase Venture Management, Inc.Oakland · $100K – $700K checksCubit CapitalDallas · $500K – $3M checksDrive CapitalColumbus · $5M – $30M checks · since 2019Fifth Down CapitalDoverFormula VCYerevan · $1.2M – $10M checksFoundersSan Francisco · $250K checks · since 2025Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Friends Family CapitalSilicon ValleyFundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksGarage CapitalWaterlooGranatus VenturesYerevan · $100K – $4.7M checksHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyHouston Angel NetworkHoustonMVP VenturesChicagoNearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.TorontoNext47Palo AltoPrime Movers LabJackson · $2M – $30M checks · since 2025Socium VenturesAtlanta · $3M – $25M checksStrategxy Ventures LLCBeverly Hills · $1M – $5M checksThe Westly GroupMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksThirdbaseNew YorkU.S. Air Forcesince 2019XYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Gecko Robotics
JL
Jake LoosararianFounder/CEO
Experience
- Gecko RoboticsCofounder & Presidentcurrent2025 — present
- Gecko RoboticsCofounder & Chief Product Officer2022 — 2025
- Gecko RoboticsCofounder & COO2015 — 2022
- First Order FundCofounder and General Partnercurrent2024 — present
- 360ShowingsCo-Founder2014 — 2015Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- UPMCStrategic Planning2013 — 2015
- UPMCFMR Management Program2011 — 2013
- UPMCIntern2010
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel27Leadership32Analysis10Management12Strategic Planning5Public Speaking4Budgets6Business Development5Accounting5Finance20Process Improvement5Forecasting4
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Managerial FinanceBusiness Process ImprovementSalesFrom Troy's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Troy Demmer?
- Troy Demmer is co-founder of Gecko Robotics, a company developing robotic systems for infrastructure inspection. He attended Grove City College near Pittsburgh, where he met co-founder Jake, and together they built and bootstrapped the company before participating in Y Combinator.
- Where does Troy Demmer work?
- Troy Demmer is Founder/COO of Gecko Robotics.
- What companies did Troy Demmer found?
- Troy Demmer founded Gecko Robotics.
- Where did Troy Demmer go to school?
- Troy Demmer studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Business Administration); Grove City College (Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Finance/Economics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Carnegie Mellon University mafia481
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AIJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3
+ 474 more
UPMC mafia12
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Paulo FontesProfessor of Surgery, Director Machine Perfusion Program, Department of Surgery, STI, UPMCFounded VirTech Bio +1Imran CronkSummer Associate - Supply Chain ManagementFounded Ride Health +1Neil BatlivalaStudent Medical ShadowerFounded Pair TeamTim KeaneClinical Biomedical Engineer, Artificial Heart ProgramFounded TYBR HealthDr. Hanadie YousefUndergraduate ResearcherFounded Juvena TherapeuticsHimanshu BhatiaClinical Research associateFounded RICOVR
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Grove City College mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University732
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 726 more
Also attended Grove City College11
Alfredo IrigoinInvestor at Linzor Capital PartnersKyle CrumVenture Partner at Momenta VenturesWilliam KrutPartner at Reinforced VenturesLogan BranchFund Accounting Manager at Revelstoke Capital PartnersScott R. GamblePrincipal at Patriot Financial PartnersJake LoosararianFounder/CEO at Gecko Robotics
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Shared employers
Also worked at Gecko Robotics10
Gabe RosenPortfolio Support at 8VCMatthew CowanGeneral Partner at Next47Debjit MukerjiPartner at NGP CapitalRob EloffPartner at Tamarack GlobalEddy ChanFounding Partner at Intudo VenturesAndrew UngerRecruiting Advisor at Conversion Capital
+ 4 more
Also worked at UPMC29
Ken HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital PartnersTiziana RossettiPrincipal, Telethon Strategy at Sofinnova PartnersSanjay MistryVice President, Venture Investments, New Company Creation at Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDCStefano GridelliFounder/CEO at NetBeezNeil BatlivalaFounder at Pair TeamTim KeaneFounder at TYBR Health
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