San Francisco, California, United States
Founder and CEO of Parse (Y Combinator '11). Parse was acquired for $85M by Facebook in just two years in 2013. Cofounder of Scribd (Y Combinator '06). He is an active angel investor in over 100 companies including Checkr, Reddit, Tilt, Gusto, Cruise Automation ($1B GM Acquisition) etc. * Parse is the platform powering the next generation of mobile apps. Facebook recently acquired Parse for $85 million. * Scribd (sometimes called the "Youtube for Documents") is the world's largest document sharing site with over 90 million unique visitors a month. * Tikhon is also an active angel investor in over 15 companies, including Reddit, Optimizely, Tilt, and many more. Email is the best way to reach me. I don't check linkedin messages very often. Thanks!
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We sold Parse to Facebook in 2013. I was CEO from beginning in 2011 to 2013. http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/25/facebook-parse/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323789704578445311737656822.html Fast Company: Parse at #32 of the world's 50 most innovative companies, including Amazon and Nike -- http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/github-parse Yahoo Finance: "This Startup Could Literally Change The Way The Entire App Industry Works" http://finance.yahoo.com/news/meet-one-most-important-startups-185800061.html Business Insider: "15 Of The Sharpest Up-And-Coming CEOs In Silicon Valley" http://www.businessinsider.com/25-hot-ceos-of-silicon-valley-startups-you-cant-afford-to-ignore-2012-8?op=1 Business Insider: 37 Of The 511 Startups Launched By This Program Have Sold For ... http://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-2013-5?op=1 -- incredibly proud to have started 2 of those, and to be involved in many more
"Youtube for documents", Scribd is the largest social publishing company with over 90 million unique visitors a month. We are in google's top 100 most visited websites list. http://www.google.com/adplanner/static/top1000/ We are currently hiring great engineers. If you send anyone our way, we offer generous referral bonuses. Thanks! http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1112_most_intriguing_companies/21.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_25/b4136054153678.htm Scribd quietly growing like crazy (and profitable) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067393 http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2012-08-10/scribd-is-profitable-growing-ceo-adler-says
Investor in over 100 companies, including Reddit, Optimizely and Crowdtilt. See more at angel.co/tikhon