Today’s Talent Pools
Fun, an NYC-based payments platform, raised $72M in Series A funding led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire.
William Starr in NYC (Potential Founder)
Role: Co-Founder & CPO @ Fun (2 yrs)
Other Experience: Investor @ 6MV, Co-Founder @ Timeless, Technical Lead & Investor @ FinTech Collective
Description: Left Fun on 9/24. LI status says "Something"
Albert Su in US (Stealth)
Role: Founding Engineer @ Fun (1 yr)
Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Andalusia Labs ($50M from LSVP at $1B+ valuation), Intern @ Coinbase, UC Berkeley BS CS
Description: Left stealth CTO role 2025
Ken S. in US (Potential Founder)
Role: Interim CTO @ Fun (<1 yr)
Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ FleetWorks ($17M from First Round, YC), Director of Engineering @ Royal.io, SWE @ dYdX
Description: Left FleetWorks 1/26
Aaron Chew in NYC (Founder @ Synthetic Society)
Role: Founding Engineer @ Fun (2 yrs)
Other Experience: Z Fellow, Bitcoin Researcher @ MIT Media Lab, Columbia BS CS
Description: "Solving User Simulation"
Funding: YC S25
Spring Health, a VC-backed mental wellness platform for businesses and employees, completed its acquisition of Alma, an NYC-based membership network for therapists to build their practices. Alma had raised $225M from firms like Thoma Bravo, Cigna Ventures, Insight Partners, Optum Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners and Sound Ventures. Spring Health has raised $509M total at a $3.3B valuation.
Laura Yang in SF (CEO & Co-Founder @ Fortitude AI)
Role: SVP & VP of Product @ Spring Health (3 yrs)
Other Experience: PM & Capital Markets @ Uber, IB Tech M&A @ Lazard, UC Berkeley BA Business & IE
Description: "AI to extend the reach of care far beyond the walls of the clinic"
Leon Mueller in NYC (Stealth)
Role: Product Content Lead @ Spring Health (2 yrs)
Other Experience: CEO & Co-Founder @ Bloom (acquired by Spring Health)
Description: "Building the future of TV"
Jiri Diblik in Prague (Stealth)
Role: Special Project Lead @ Spring Health (1 yr)
Other Experience: CEO & Co-Founder @ VOS.health ($3.5M raised —> acquired by Spring Health), CEO & Co-Founder @ Qusion (acquired by Futured)
Description: "Building the future of B2C Apps."
Riley End in Boulder (Potential Founder)
Role: COO @ Spring Health (4 yrs)
Other Experience: COO @ Marker Learning, Co-Founder & CEO @ Given Goods, Dartmouth BA Government
Description: Left Marker Learning 10/24
Lisa van Gelder in London (Potential Founder)
Role: SVP Engineering & CTO @ Spring Health (1 yr)
Other Experience: Interim VP Engineering @ Pleo, VP Engineering @ Avvir, VP Engineering @ Meetup
Description: Left Pleo 3/26
Austin R. in NYC (EIR)
Role: Founding Team & Head of Product @ Spring Health (2 yrs)
Other Experience: VP Operations & Interim COO @ K Health, Managing Partner @ Ringer & Co, University of Florida Economics & CS
Description: Founder in Residence @ Afore Capital since 1/25
Erik Lumer in NYC (Potential Founder)
Role: CPO @ Alma (4 yrs)
Other Experience: CPO & Interim COO @ Maven Clinic, SVP Head of Product & UX @ Hudson's Bay Company, Stanford PhD Applied Physics
Description: Left Alma 9/25
Nathan Hassan in NYC (Potential Founder)
Role: Director of Engineering @ Alma (1.5 yrs)
Other Experience: VP of Engineering @ Daybreak Health, Director of Engineering @ Bowery Valuation, Hunter College BA
Description: Left Daybreak Health 12/25
Brian Spanton in Seattle (Co-Founder & CTO @ Webel)
Role: VP of Engineering @ Spring Health (2 yrs)
Other Experience: SVP Engineering @ AccelByte, Engineering Manager @ Facebook, SWE Manager @ Microsoft
Description: Stealth since 3/26
