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Founder Matrix
Credibility
Traction · 98th percentile
- EquipmentShare has raised $6.7B in total funding across 17 rounds.
- Appreciate.io raised $870K in its seed round.
Founder score
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Current co-founder of EquipmentShare, active since October 2014.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)EquipmentShare is a Y Combinator Winter 2015 company.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)EquipmentShare was co-founded alongside Jabbok Schlacks and Willy Schlacks.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)GitHub account is dormant with no public push activity in over 12 years.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)EquipmentShare has raised $6.7B in total funding across 17 rounds.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Past founder of bottlcap, an entertainment startup he founded in 2012.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)GitHub account has been active for approximately 13 years, created in April 2013.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)GitHub account @BradSiegler confirmed as Brad Siegler's account.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)Appreciate.io raised $870K in its seed round.
Investor score
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, an active venture capital fund.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Active as a fund manager at Pioneer Fund, a recognized active venture fund.
- 55%Probability of being accurate (55%)Approximately 5 years of investing experience as a Venture Partner since around 2020.
What you likely need
Brad is a high-impact co-founder whose primary venture, EquipmentShare, has scaled to $6.7B in funding and $4.4B in annual revenue — placing him firmly in the top tier of construction-tech founders. He is simultaneously building Appreciate.io at an early stage and serving as a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, giving him a dual founder-investor profile. His immediate opportunities likely lie in leveraging EquipmentShare's scale for strategic exits or public markets, while growing Appreciate.io's traction and formalizing his investing thesis.
Are these your current priorities?
We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.
- fundraisingExplore IPO or secondary liquidity options for EquipmentShare given its $4.4B revenue run rate and $6.7B in total funding — the company appears to be at public-market scale.
- fundraisingRaise a proper seed or Series A for Appreciate.io beyond the current $870K — your EquipmentShare track record and YC network make you a compelling lead for institutional investors.
- introsTap the YC W2015 alumni network for warm introductions to construction-tech and proptech investors who can accelerate Appreciate.io's growth.
- positioningFormalize and publicize your investment thesis at Pioneer Fund to attract deal flow from founders in the construction, real estate, and proptech sectors where your operational expertise is deepest.
- hiringAppreciate.io has shrunk from 8 to 6 employees — prioritize a key hire in data analytics or operations to execute on the data-driven multifamily investing thesis before the next fundraise.
- tacticalReactivate your GitHub presence with public projects or tools related to EquipmentShare's or Appreciate.io's tech stack — even small open-source contributions signal technical credibility to technical co-founders and hires.
- wellbeingManaging two active co-founder roles alongside a venture partner position is demanding — consider delegating day-to-day operations at one company to a strong COO so you can focus on the highest-leverage decisions.