Vetted Co-Founders in California

Adam Folsom

Screened

Mid-level Venture Capital & Growth Associate specializing in startups, creator economy, and Web3 media

Los Angeles, CA5y exp

“Early-stage venture/product studio operator (BESO) focused on sourcing and evaluating founders and moving opportunities through diligence toward partnerships. Uses a multi-channel outbound approach (LinkedIn/X, community events, accelerators, Reddit) and builds trust by bringing market research and regulatory insights (e.g., sports tech/gambling) to founders while running a structured, CRM-driven pipeline.”

Sam Fish

Screened

Senior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in web platforms, cloud infrastructure, and data systems

Culver City, CA5y exp

“Full-stack/product-leaning engineer who owned an end-to-end AI Tutor feature (Claude-powered) shipped simultaneously to iOS/Android/web via Expo, with Cloudflare Workers backend and PostHog analytics. Built the company’s GitHub-based CI/CD to coordinate app store releases with backend blue/green deployments. Also has significant data engineering experience (including ~8TB/day workloads) using dbt/Fivetran plus sharding and hashing-based diffing for correctness.”

Michael Jenkins

Screened

Director-level Video Editor & Producer specializing in longform YouTube storytelling

Los Angeles, CA16y exp

“Video editor/producer with a storytelling-first approach to longform YouTube, spanning both documentary-style musician content (travel/writing songs) and punchy corporate marketing for startups. Has led and mentored remote overseas freelance editors as a marketing content manager at BCG Attorney Search using rubrics/style guides, and has on-set experience as camera operator/DP for The Shade Room and Viacom YouTube content.”

“Graduate-level candidate who uses AI as a disciplined engineering assistant rather than an autonomous replacement, with hands-on experience coordinating manual multi-agent coding workflows across planning, implementation, and testing. They emphasize scoped execution, clear constraints, and human ownership of final merges, suggesting a thoughtful and practical approach to AI-augmented software development.”

“Early-career product-minded software/QA contributor with startup experience at Duets.Ai and IoT/agriculture experience at Pacetech Energy. Stands out for combining front-end development, QA, and user-centered thinking, including helping launch a Hindi language feature and improving a grain silo monitoring product for farmers.”

“Growth creative marketer at Ampure focused on paid efficiency for portable EV chargers; ran a controlled Meta creative test reframing spec-heavy messaging into real-world EV use cases, delivering ~22% lower CPA and ~28% higher ROAS. Operates with a modular, rapid-iteration creative system across Meta/TikTok/YouTube and provides tight, performance-driven briefs to creators/editors.”

Leandro Lima

Screened

Senior Paid Media Lead specializing in Google Ads and Microsoft Ads

Long Beach, CA10y exp

“Performance marketer managing a housing fintech’s $1M/month spend across Google, Microsoft, Meta, and TikTok, with deep emphasis on attribution and rigorous A/B testing. Drove a major efficiency gain by cutting MQL cost from ~$700 to ~$489 via event optimization, demographic/income targeting, ad copy overhaul, and landing page tests, and has hands-on experience recovering accounts after tracking breaks during site migrations.”