Mr Geoff Ralston
VCID: 421006
Profile
Bio
Geoff Ralston is the President of Y Combinator and has been with YC since 2011. Prior to YC, he built one of the first web mail services, RocketMail which became Yahoo Mail in 1997. While at Yahoo, Geoff worked in engineering and ran a business unit before becoming Chief Product Officer. After Yahoo, he was CEO of Lala, which was acquired in 2009 by Apple. In 2011, he cofounded Imagine K12, the first Ed Tech accelerator, which funded companies like ClassDojo and Remind, and merged with YC in 2016. He has an AB in Computer Science from Dartmouth, an MS in Computer Science from Stanford, and an MBA from INSEAD.Career
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Y CombinatorAmerican technology startup accelerator. |
Investments
Selected investments
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Weave Communications Inc Provider of communications tools for small and medium-sized businesses. |
United States | 4 Nov 2015 | Series B Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Maya's Mom Social networking site for mothers |
12 Oct 2006 | Seed Active |