Vetted Founders in the Greater Boston

“Product leader with experience at ZipRecruiter, Quora, and Turing, spanning marketplace growth, AI/ML moderation, and talent-matching systems. They pair strong product intuition with operational rigor, having driven measurable wins like a rare +5% onboarding completion lift in a mature product, cutting Quora spam exposure from ~8% to <1%, and improving Turing fulfillment from ~20% to ~30%. Strong cross-functional leader and manager with a clear human-centered philosophy on AI.”

“Former Managing Director of the LimeLife Fempire Fund with 4 years in corporate venture capital, where they built the fund, sourced deals, led diligence, and deployed $2MM into four women-owned early-stage consumer companies. Also brings nonprofit small business accelerator experience, giving them a strong operator-investor perspective on what startups need to grow.”

Yoshi Tryba

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in SaaS, B2B2C, and AI-powered products

Boston, MA13y exp

“Product leader who has repeatedly rebuilt products and teams from the ground up, including turning around Ellevation's struggling Strategies product into a $20M ARR business line and building Trivelta's product and QA organizations from scratch. Also stands out for hands-on AI execution: personally built an LLM-powered incident detection tool that cut issue detection from hours to 30 minutes and then scaled AI adoption across PM and QA teams.”

“Early-stage founder building an engineering alpha product and planning a structured path to pilot and general availability. Active mentor in TechStars and MassChallenge with a strong VC network, emphasizing PMF, MVP-in-market feedback, and early sales while maintaining a sustainable approach to entrepreneurship.”

Benjamin Feldman

Screened

Director-level application development leader specializing in FinTech and digital transformation

Boston, MA16y exp

“Hands-on engineering leader in a private-company/startup-like environment who builds full-stack financial systems and leads small teams. Notably replaced a failed third-party banking platform with an in-house Azure-based product integrating major bank APIs, driving $200K-$300K in annual savings and major workflow automation and performance gains.”

“Candidate founded a non-profit and developed unconventional funding mechanisms for it, including a book whose proceeds support the organization and a patented AI stack designed for licensing royalties. They also bring early startup experience and acquisition due-diligence exposure, and are specifically interested in contributing their technical and venture incubation background within an existing entrepreneurial company rather than founding a new one.”

“Former Head of Growth & Strategy at a digital identity company (pre-MBA in Boston) who ran multiple cross-functional initiatives across sales, product, and finance. Delivered measurable outcomes including raising sales conversion from 70% to 83% in 30 days, achieving 17% profitability via a new pricing model, and launching a new onboarding platform GTM on time.”