Profile
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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Facebook IncSocial networking company. |
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Google IncAmerican multinational Internet and software corporation specialized in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. |
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FriendFeed IncSocial aggregator company that consolidates the updates from social media, social networking, and social bookmarking websites. |
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Y CombinatorAmerican technology startup accelerator. |
Investments
Selected investments
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Brex Inc Corporate credit card company focused on startups. |
United States | 1 Apr 2017 | Series A Round participant. Active |
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Starcity Properties Inc Well-designed, comfortable communal housing in San Francisco. |
United States | 31 Dec 2016 | Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Triplebyte Technical recruiting platform for Y Combinator startups. |
28 Sep 2015 | Venture Active |
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FrontApp Inc Customer communications hub for building strong relationships. |
United States | 1 Oct 2014 | Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Rigetti & Co Inc Developer of quantum computing for AI and computational chemistry |
United States | 15 Apr 2014 | Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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MemSQL Inc Database management software company that removes the most common bottleneck most applications hit today: disk. |
United States | 1 Mar 2011 | Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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1000memories 1000memories makes it easy to digitise and share photos and stories from the past. |
United States | 16 Feb 2011 | Series A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited (Trade sale) |
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Optimizely Inc Developer of online A/B testing solutions |
United States | 18 Nov 2010 | Seed Active |
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Path Inc Social networking site |
United States | 1 Nov 2010 | Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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Hipmunk Inc |
United States | 1 Oct 2010 | Seed Active |
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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 |
United States | 1 Jun 2010 | Seed Active |
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CarWoo Inc Stress-free, organized way to shop multiple dealers to get a great deal on your new car. |
United States | 1 Jan 2010 | Seed Active |
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Adioso Inc |
1 Mar 2009 | Seed Active |
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Y Combinator American technology startup accelerator. |
United States | 1 Mar 2009 | Venture Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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280 North Inc |
United States | 1 Mar 2008 | Seed Active |
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Weebly Build a free website that grows with your business. |
United States | 1 May 2007 | Seed Active |
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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. |
United States | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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RethinkDB Database company optimized for flash storage. |
United States | N/A Active |