3 Founders backed by Pierre Omidyar building SaaS (2026)

Founders backed by Pierre Omidyar and building SaaS (3)

Founders backed by Pierre Omidyar and building SaaS covers 3 founders on Handshake, Novata and Vyng. The most common sector is SaaS (3). Members are based in 3 cities, led by New York, NY (1), San Francisco, CA (1) and Santa Monica, CA (1). Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 3
• Companies represented: 3
• Top sector: SaaS (3 founders)
• Top location: New York, NY (1 founders)
• Locations represented: 3

• Alex Friedman — Novata
• Garrett Lord — Handshake
• Sohrab Pirayesh — Vyng

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Other founder hubs

• Abhinav Gupta (19 founders)
• Andrew Solimine (15 founders)
• Rick Frisbie (20 founders)
• Paul Wythes (16 founders)
• Rares Crisan (21 founders)
• Huoy-Ming Yeh (16 founders)
• Ronald Conway (21 founders)
• Michael McMahon (16 founders)
• Bill Maris (21 founders)
• Sid Trivedi (16 founders)
• David Solomon (21 founders)
• Seth Shuldiner (16 founders)
• Brian Jacobs (22 founders)
• Keith Kravcik (16 founders)
• Saeed Amidi (22 founders)
• David Hirsch (16 founders)
• David K. Chao (22 founders)
• Eduardo Saverin (16 founders)
• Brian Matthews (22 founders)
• Kevin Colleran (16 founders)
• Andrew Boszhardt Jr. (22 founders)
• Maryanna Saenko (17 founders)
• Akio Tanaka (23 founders)
• Jonathan Keidan (17 founders)

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Narrow SaaS founders

• Toronto, ON · SaaS (4 founders)
• Matrix · SaaS (7 founders)
• Matthew Puopolo · SaaS (3 founders)
• Greycroft · SaaS (5 founders)
• Missoula, MT · SaaS (3 founders)
• John Richards · SaaS (4 founders)
• Munich, Germany · SaaS (9 founders)
• 645 Ventures · SaaS (3 founders)
• Donald Dixon · SaaS (5 founders)
• Lowercase Capital · SaaS (3 founders)
• Rick Frisbie · SaaS (4 founders)
• San Mateo, CA · SaaS (16 founders)
• WestCap · SaaS (3 founders)
• Oakland, CA · SaaS (6 founders)
• 165 Ventures · SaaS (3 founders)
• New Markets Venture Partners · SaaS (4 founders)
• Belmont, CA · SaaS (2 founders)
• Ashish Agrawal · SaaS (3 founders)
• John Mandile · SaaS (6 founders)
• MVP Ventures · SaaS (3 founders)
• Upekkha AI SaaS Accelerator · SaaS (4 founders)
• CoVenture · SaaS (3 founders)
• San Ramon, CA · SaaS (4 founders)
• Scale Venture Partners · SaaS (7 founders)
• Joseph Miller · SaaS (3 founders)
• Bessemer Venture Partners · SaaS (5 founders)
• Abhinav Gupta · SaaS (3 founders)
• Headline · SaaS (4 founders)
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada · SaaS (8 founders)
• Alexander Rosen · SaaS (3 founders)

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• Adtech (4 founders)
• Consumer Electronics (8 founders)
• Education (202 founders)
• Travel Tech (1 founder)
• Restaurants (1 founder)
• Media, Entertainment & Gaming (1 founder)
• Software as a service (1 founder)
• AI Developer Tools (2 founders)
• Advertising Technology (2 founders)
• Software Development (3 founders)
• Financial Services (8 founders)
• Consumer Social (93 founders)
• AI Infrastructure (1,358 founders)
• Aerospace & Defense (1 founder)
• Deep Tech (1 founder)
• Oil and Gas (1 founder)
• Investment Management (2 founders)
• Software (2 founders)
• IoT Infrastructure (3 founders)
• Crypto & Web3 (7 founders)
• LegalTech (28 founders)
• Healthtech (1,022 founders)
• GovTech (1 founder)
• Insurance and Financial Services (1 founder)

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