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Yana Welinder

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Venture Scout at Andreessen Horowitz · Fellow, Stanford Center for Internet & Society at Stanford University · Founder & CEO at Kraftful

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKraftful · YC

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About

Yana Welinder founded Kraftful (acquired by Amplitude) and previously held product leadership roles at multiple technology companies, including as an early product manager at a high-growth unicorn and heading product teams working on products with millions of users.

Founder & CEO at KraftfulYC S19

Intro paths

YC

Yana went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Yana can intro founders to Kraftful's investors below.

Kraftful's investors · 6

Brighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checks · since 2021f7 VenturesTiburon · $10K – $5M checks · since 2021Leadout CapitalPortola Valley · $250K – $1.5M checks · since 2021Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021VentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $250K – $50M checks · since 2021Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Experience

  1. yanabanaFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AmplitudeAdvisorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. AmplitudeHead of AI2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  4. KraftfulFoundercurrent2025 — present
  5. KraftfulCEO & Founder2019 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Andreessen HorowitzVenture Scoutcurrent2025 — present
  7. Stanford UniversityFellow, Stanford Center for Internet & Societycurrent2012 — present
  8. Pioneer FundSenior Venture Partnercurrent2022 — present
  9. VC Backed MomsBoard Member & Co-Foundercurrent2021 — present
  10. Fast CompanyImpact Council Membercurrent2025 — present
  11. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessGuest Lecturer2024
  12. GenAI FoundersCo-Founder2023 — 2024
  13. Product SchoolFeatured Speaker2023
  14. IFTTTHead of Product2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  15. CarbonProduct Manager2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  16. Wikimedia FoundationTeam Lead, Wikipedia Readership Strategy2015 — 2016San Francisco
  17. Wikimedia FoundationProduct Lead, policy.wikimedia.org2014 — 2016San Francisco
  18. Wikimedia FoundationDirector, Law & Policy2013 — 2016San Francisco
  19. Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard UniversityAffiliate2014 — 2016
  20. California Western School of LawVisiting Assistant Professor2012 — 2013
  21. Electronic Frontier FoundationGoogle Policy Fellow2012
  22. Harvard UniversityAcademic Fellow2012

Skills & more

Start-ups15Product Management20Business Development16Strategic Planning14Product Design123D Printing9Rapid Prototyping3Strategy2

Languages English · Swedish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Yana Welinder?
Yana Welinder founded Kraftful (acquired by Amplitude) and previously held product leadership roles at multiple technology companies, including as an early product manager at a high-growth unicorn and heading product teams working on products with millions of users.
Where does Yana Welinder work?
Yana Welinder is Founder & CEO of Kraftful and Venture Scout at Andreessen Horowitz.
What companies did Yana Welinder found?
Yana Welinder founded Kraftful.
Where did Yana Welinder go to school?
Yana Welinder studied at Y Combinator (S19); Harvard Law School (LL.M.); Stanford University (Stanford Institute of Design (d.school) Design Thinking Bootcamp).

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