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51st percentile
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YC S14Serial FounderAcquired2 ExitsRaised $15M+10+ Employees
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Technical Depth · 96th percentile
- Currently shipping public code on GitHub, with the most recent push 81 days ago to the 'scheduler' repo.
- Active builder on GitHub with 58 public non-fork repositories.
- GitHub account @chasballew is confirmed as his account via bio listing 'Founder & CEO @conveyor'.
- GitHub account has been active for approximately 13 years, created in January 2013.
- Identified Stack Overflow account for Chas Ballew.
Founder score
- 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Current founder and CEO of Conveyor, which he founded in 2021.
- 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Y Combinator alum via Aptible (YC S14).
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Aptible was acquired by Opti9 Technologies in November 2025.
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Past founder of Aptible and Uiflow, both of which were acquired.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)GitHub account @chasballew is confirmed as his account via bio listing 'Founder & CEO @conveyor'.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Conveyor has raised $19M in total venture funding, including a $12.5M Series A.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Active builder on GitHub with 58 public non-fork repositories.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)GitHub account has been active for approximately 13 years, created in January 2013.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Currently shipping public code on GitHub, with the most recent push 81 days ago to the 'scheduler' repo.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Aptible was co-founded with at least one other co-founder.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Confirmed Hacker News account @chasb with 803 karma.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Hacker News karma of 803 places him in the 500–1,999 tier.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Top Hacker News post 'HIPAA 101 for Software Development Teams' received 251 points.
- 72%Probability of being accurate (72%)Uiflow, a company he co-founded, was also acquired per the YC company list.
- 65%Probability of being accurate (65%)Identified Stack Overflow account for Chas Ballew.
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What you likely need
You're a two-time YC founder with two exits under your belt and a Series A-stage company in Conveyor that's gaining real enterprise traction. Your next inflection point is likely a Series B raise to accelerate go-to-market and expand the platform's AI capabilities. Strengthening your public technical and thought-leadership presence will help both fundraising and enterprise sales.
Are these your current priorities?
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- fundraisingBegin Series B preparation now by documenting ARR growth, NRR, and enterprise logo wins (e.g., Sprout Social, Zapier) into a data room — investors will want to see the AI-automation ROI story quantified.
- introsTap your YC S14 and W21 alumni networks for warm intros to Series B-stage investors who have backed enterprise security or GRC tooling companies.
- positioningLean into your two-exit founder narrative in fundraising materials — second-time YC founders with prior acquisitions command a meaningful valuation premium.
- hiringClose the Product Marketing Manager hire quickly — your LinkedIn posts show you're personally carrying the narrative design workload, which is a CEO time-sink at this stage.
- tacticalAmplify the Conveyor MCP Server launch with a dedicated blog post and a Show HN submission — your HN account already has credibility in the security/compliance space.
- tacticalConsider open-sourcing a lightweight security-tooling utility from Conveyor's stack to build developer mindshare and inbound pipeline from the engineering buyer persona.
- wellbeingAs a second-time founder managing hiring, product, and sales simultaneously, deliberately schedule protected deep-work blocks — the breadth of your LinkedIn activity suggests context-switching risk.