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37th percentile
YC S21 co-founder and CEO building Bolster's executive talent marketplace
Credibility
Operator · 74th percentile
- Current Co-Founder and CEO of Bolster, an executive talent marketplace, since May 2020.
- Bolster is a Y Combinator Summer 2021 alum.
- Bolster was co-founded by eight founders, including Cathy Hawley.
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Founder score
- 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Bolster raised $8.2M per the SEC Form D filing.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Current Co-Founder and CEO of Bolster, an executive talent marketplace, since May 2020.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Bolster is a Y Combinator Summer 2021 alum.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Bolster was co-founded by eight founders, including Cathy Hawley.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Bolster.com is ranked 987,309 in the Majestic Million, yielding no bonus points at that rank.
- 40%Probability of being accurate (40%)Identified Stack Overflow account for Cathy Hawley with 1 reputation.
What you likely need
You're at a pivotal moment where Bolster's credibility is established but visibility and capital are the unlock — so the highest-value Festival events for you are those that put you in the room with Series A investors backing future-of-work platforms and YC S21 peers who can make warm introductions. You'll also benefit from gatherings that sharpen your thought-leadership positioning around Startup CxO and the Inc. Female Founders 500 recognition, and that connect you with HR-tech and talent-marketplace operators who can accelerate both the supply and demand sides of Bolster's marketplace.
Would you attend these IRL Festival events?
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.
- fundraisingA YC S21 founder dinner focused on Series A fundraising strategy, connecting Bolster with investors who have already backed future-of-work and executive talent platforms out of the S21 cohort
- introsA roundtable with HR-tech and talent-marketplace investors — including backers of companies like Invisible Technologies, Trusted Health, and Braintrust — for warm introductions Cathy can leverage off Bolster's $8.2M SEC-verified raise history
- positioningAn Inc. Female Founders 500 alumni dinner where Cathy can amplify Bolster's brand alongside other 2026 honorees and sharpen the press and investor narrative around her recognition
- positioningA happy hour for founders who have published O'Reilly or major-press business books — anchored around Startup CxO co-authorship — to trade speaking engagement and media placement strategies that position Bolster as the definitive executive talent platform
- hiringA Return Path alumni dinner to systematically surface early Bolster customers and advocates who share the cultural DNA Matt Blumberg built, converting trusted relationships into marketplace demand
- tacticalA tactical roundtable with future-of-work founders who have cracked organic growth — including teams that moved from sub-1M Majestic Million rankings to top 100k — to build a concrete content and SEO roadmap for bolster.com
- introsA Denver-area dinner with leaders from Rocky Mountain People + Strategy Group and Path Forward to deepen Bolster's executive talent supply pipeline and formalize partnership structures that expand marketplace inventory
- fundraisingA YC S21 office hours session pairing Cathy with two or three S21 founders who have already closed Series A rounds with HR-tech-friendly investors, structured specifically around making warm introductions into those investor networks