Mr Paul Buchheit
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KANDO id: 139814
Bio
Paul Buchheit is the creator of GMail. While at Google he also built the prototype for AdSense, and came up with Google's now famous slogan "Don't be evil." In 2007 he was one of the founders of Friendfeed, which in 2009 became Facebook's largest acquisition to date. He has a BS and MS in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University.
Career
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Y CombinatorAmerican technology startup accelerator. |
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Google IncAmerican multinational Internet and software corporation specialized in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. |
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Facebook IncSocial networking company. |
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FriendFeed IncSocial aggregator company that consolidates the updates from social media, social networking, and social bookmarking websites. |
Education
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Selected investments
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280 North Inc | Seed | ||||
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Adioso Inc | Seed | ||||
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Auctomatic | Auction and marketplace management system for all of those individual sellers on such sites as Ebay, Amazon, Overstock and others. | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Brex Inc | Corporate credit card company focused on startups. | Series A | |||
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CarWoo Inc | Stress-free, organized way to shop multiple dealers to get a great deal on your new car. | Seed | |||
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FrontApp Inc (Front) | Customer communications hub for building strong relationships. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Hipmunk Inc | Seed | ||||
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MemSQL Inc | Database management software company that removes the most common bottleneck most applications hit today: disk. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Optimizely Inc | Developer of online A/B testing solutions | Seed | |||
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OwnLocal | Provides Web-based software to local newspapers and gives them a white-label service for selling online ads and services to local businesses | Seed | |||
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RethinkDB | Database company optimized for flash storage. | N/A | |||
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Rigetti & Co Inc (Rigetti Quantum Computing), (Rigetti Computing) | Developer of quantum computing for AI and computational chemistry | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Starcity Properties Inc | Well-designed, comfortable communal housing in San Francisco. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Triplebyte | Technical recruiting platform for Y Combinator startups. | Venture | |||
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Weebly | Build a free website that grows with your business. | Seed | |||
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Y Combinator | American technology startup accelerator. | Venture Initial investment | |||
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Path Inc | Social networking site | Seed Initial investment Exited |
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1000memories (1000 memories) | 1000memories makes it easy to digitise and share photos and stories from the past. | Series A Initial investment Exited Trade sale |