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Zeno Rocha
InvestorFounderInvestor at OurCrowd · CEO at Resend
San Francisco, California
FoundedResend · YC
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About
Zeno Rocha is a Brazilian programmer and creator who began his software engineering career in 2009 working with Flash. He is the Founder & CEO of Resend, and previously served as VP of Developer Experience at WorkOS and CPO at Liferay Cloud. Earlier in his career in Latin America he built applications, mentored startups, and worked at companies including Globo and Petrobras. He has spoken at more than 110 conferences worldwide and was ranked among the top 20 most active GitHub users at age 22. He now angel invests in developer-first, early-stage B2B SaaS startups.
Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- z•••@resend.comreveal90% confident
- z•••@resend.comreveal75% confident
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Founded and is CEO of Resend.
- Communities
- Has spoken at over 110 conferences worldwide, traveling to 11 countries and giving more than 128 talks. Hosts a podcast called ByteTalk with Jonni, interviewing productive people in tech. Co-hosted his first podcast, Zone Of Front-Enders (ZOFE), with Daniel about web technologies.
- Awards
- Ranked among the top 20 most active users on GitHub at age 22.
- Hobbies
- Enjoys running, watching movies, and eating cheese. Loves dark mode, open source, and side projects.
- Family
- Lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. Originally from Brazil.
- More
- Created the Dracula theme (Dracula PRO).
From Zeno's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
CEO at ResendYC W23
Intro paths
Zeno went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Resend's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Zeno can intro founders to Resend's investors below.
Resend's investors · 12
Co-founders at Resend
Investments
Per curated public sources.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Zeno RochaZeno Rocha of Resend: from 0 to a16z by cutting scope ruthlessly and shipping perfect products fast
Evil Martians
Modern emails using React
React Conf
How to build a Developer-First Startup | Supabase Select 2025
Supabase
Como um dev brasileiro conquistou o Vale do Silício com Zeno Rocha da Resend
OFF THE GRID
Zeno Rocha Founder & CEO at Resend | Gigacast #90
Gigacast
Zeno Rocha conta o que a Resend faz para crescer
Gabs Ferreira
6 more appearances
- Why developers trust Resend, with Zeno Rocha2024-10-14
- Gaining Traction in Open Source | Zeno Rocha of Resend2024-07-17
- Lançamento oficial do React.email – Zeno Rocha2022-12-04
- Live from SaaStr Annual 2022: The Founder's Guide to Developer-led Growth with WorkOS2022-09-16
- The Next Generation of Developer-First Products - Zeno Rocha2022-05-05
- Building your own VS Code theme2022-03-17
Writing
All posts ↗Zeno Rocha writes about building startups and software products, including a framework for functional versus aesthetic product quality, lessons founders learn after Y Combinator, and analogies between running a marathon and running a company.
Draws parallels between running the author's first half marathon and building a startup, covering imperfect conditions, self-competition, increasing difficulty, and the absence of a finish line.
Shares lessons from the author's and other founders' experiences after Y Combinator's Demo Day, covering maintaining momentum, friends' pivots, founder support groups, and staying in San Francisco.
Explains two Japanese quality concepts (functional atarimae hinshitsu and aesthetic miryokuteki hinshitsu) and applies them to software products, marketing, recruiting, and engineering using examples like Jira, Linear, and Stripe.
Colleagues at OurCrowd
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zeno Rocha?
- Zeno Rocha is a Brazilian programmer and creator who began his software engineering career in 2009 working with Flash. He is the Founder & CEO of Resend, and previously served as VP of Developer Experience at WorkOS and CPO at Liferay Cloud. Earlier in his career in Latin America he built applications, mentored startups, and worked at companies including Globo and Petrobras. He has spoken at more than 110 conferences worldwide and was ranked among the top 20 most active GitHub users at age 22. He now angel invests in developer-first, early-stage B2B SaaS startups.
- Where does Zeno Rocha work?
- Zeno Rocha is CEO of Resend and at OurCrowd.
- What companies did Zeno Rocha found?
- Zeno Rocha founded Resend.
- What companies has Zeno Rocha invested in?
- Investments tracked here include cubic, Fig, Mastra, Mergent, Orchid, Overshoot, Proliferate, Replicas, TesterArmy.
- What awards has Zeno Rocha received?
- Ranked among the top 20 most active users on GitHub at age 22.
- What has Zeno Rocha written?
- Zeno Rocha has 3 tracked posts on zenorocha.com, including "Marathons and Startups", "How is life post YC?", "The two types of quality".
- What podcasts and interviews feature Zeno Rocha?
- Tracked appearances include "Zeno Rocha of Resend: from 0 to a16z by cutting scope ruthlessly and shipping perfect products fast", "Modern emails using React", "How to build a Developer-First Startup | Supabase Select 2025", and 9 more.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University of California, Berkeley mafia1,343
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
OurCrowd mafia11
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
WorkOS mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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