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Vetted Co-Founders in the NYC Metro
Pre-screened and vetted in the NYC Metro.
Jay Passarella
Senior Video Production Manager specializing in sports storytelling and postproduction
“Video editor/post-production specialist with deep Premiere Pro expertise and strong After Effects capability, currently editing for the USGA YouTube channel (features/tributes/hype content). Built the Midnight Sun Company channel from scratch starting in 2013, including a music video that surpassed 5M views, and has experience leading and mentoring a small team of editors.”
Jonathan Lazar
Director-level Full-Stack Engineer specializing in web platforms and APIs
“Built Bargain Bricks end-to-end as a solo creator, handling product ideation, design, backend, APIs, website, and native iOS/Android apps. They actively maintain and iterate on the product, which has over 1,000 downloads, and have improved conversion through UI changes that surfaced the best deal above the fold.”
Jordan Roga
Director-level Business Operations & Finance leader in venture capital and early-stage tech
“Operations/program leader with experience at Open Core Ventures driving cross-functional initiatives across content/engineering and legal/tax operations. Built systems-heavy process improvements (public handbook + SOP frameworks, DRI accountability) and delivered measurable outcomes like +30% Hacker News front-page frequency and ~80% faster company formation.”
Sreekesh Bompally
Senior operator and founder specializing in AI, venture building, and GTM
“Entrepreneurial operator with experience building two bootstrapped ventures, spanning both operations-heavy business execution and creative production. Through Kellogg MBA work and current exposure at Equiseed, they combine startup ecosystem knowledge with a highly practical, customer- and unit-economics-driven approach to founding.”
Junior Product & UX Designer specializing in AI-assisted systems and interactive prototyping
Mid-level Solutions Engineer specializing in FinTech and enterprise SaaS
Junior Software Engineer specializing in LLM agentic workflows and full-stack AI systems
Entry-level Software Engineer specializing in full-stack, AI, and systems development
Junior Software Engineer & Co-Founder specializing in AI agents and cloud-native backend systems
Senior Product Manager specializing in enterprise platforms and FinTech
Executive Venture Builder & Product Leader specializing in zero-to-one company creation
Jordan Lisnow
Mid-level capital markets analyst specializing in trading, investing, and venture finance
“Three-time co-founder with experience building both bootstrapped and funded startups, including raising $150K personally and advising companies that raised $500K+ in angel and pre-seed capital. Brings unusually broad startup operating range across customer discovery, product, GTM, hiring, legal, fundraising, and VC/studio mechanics, with entrepreneurial experience dating back to childhood and multiple business exits in college.”
Executive Growth & Revenue Leader specializing in SaaS, AI, and platform strategy
Entry-level marketing and communications professional specializing in GTM and PR
Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in FinTech data pipelines and backend systems
Jordan McLean
Director of Programming specializing in cultural events and music production
“Composer/music editor using Ableton Live with a precision-focused, minimal-plugin workflow and AI-assisted loudness targeting. Recently scored a high-fashion documentary featuring a past-to-present transition, using a deliberate shift from piano/strings to synth orchestration to change emotion and pacing while preserving narrative continuity. Also has experience iterating with editor/producer notes on corporate training content to maintain retention and comedic timing.”
Jaraad Hines
Senior Product Lead & Product Engineer specializing in FinTech and AI platforms
“Product engineer/designer with founder mindset who shipped a blockchain-enabled investor group/governance platform using Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Prisma/Postgres, and Temporal. Emphasizes auth-centric onboarding (SSO + embedded wallet) to make dApp UX feel more like SaaS, and brings strong reliability practices (idempotent retries, reconciliation) plus experience demoing to investors and operating in seed-stage teams (ex-Vouched).”
Valentina Mendicina
Entry-level business and analytics professional specializing in real estate and sales support
“Outbound-focused candidate coming from a Cushman & Wakefield internship where they built pipeline by prospecting potential office tenants through email, calls, and LinkedIn. They stand out for signal-based, highly personalized outreach to mid-market and enterprise stakeholders, with experience generating 2-4 qualified tours per week and thinking like a founding SDR around ICP design, account tiering, and repeatable cadence building.”
Mazin Farraj
Executive sales leader specializing in Medicare and Medicaid health plans
“Senior healthcare sales leader with large-scale ownership in Medicare, Medicaid, and managed long-term care, including leadership of a 165-person team and a $4M budget at VNSNY CHOICE. Stands out for driving compliant growth in heavily regulated government programs, more than doubling targets through cross-referral and incentive programs, and leading expansion across 23 New York counties.”
Gabriel Fagundes
Mid-level AI/ML & Backend Engineer specializing in AI platforms and computer vision
“Backend engineer with hands-on experience building real-time, low-latency systems: owned the Python backend for a real-time crowd-monitoring product (top 5% at HackHarvard 2025) using OpenCV, GPU YOLO inference (PyTorch), WebRTC, and OAuth. Also has production Kubernetes/GitOps experience (Helm/Kustomize, GitHub Actions, Argo CD), Kafka-based event pipelines, and executed a minimal-downtime on-prem PostgreSQL migration to AWS EC2.”