Founder Festival: Max Kolysh's Profile

Welcome, Max Kolysh

Founder67

77th percentile

Investor88

92nd percentile

Combined

#90 on Leaderboard

Two-time YC founder (Zinc, Dover) now Visiting Partner at Y Combinator

• Professional:Profile Claimed YC W14 Serial Founder Acquired Raised $20M+10+ Employees Partner at Y Combinator Angel Investor Pre-Seed Focus Seed Focus

• Industries:HR Tech E-commerce Developer Tools SaaS

Credibility

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Firm Standing · 85th percentile

General Partner at Alloy Fund, confirmed by SEC Form D filing for Alloy Innovation Fund LP.
Partner / Principal at Y Combinator as Visiting Partner, a recognized top-tier VC firm.
Approximately 9 years of investing experience, starting from his self-investor role in 2017 through to present.

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Founder score

98%Two-time Y Combinator alum — Zinc (W14) and Dover (S19).
95%dover.com ranks #167,173 on the Majestic Million (global domain prominence).
95%12,027 LinkedIn followers — broad professional reach.
95%Past founder of Zinc (YC W14), an e-commerce infrastructure company that was acquired.
92%Current founder and board member of Dover, an active recruiting SaaS company he co-founded.
90%Dover was co-founded with Anvisha Pai and George Carollo, confirming co-founders.
90%Dover raised $20.1M in total funding per LinkedIn company data and TechCrunch reporting.
85%Profiled in TechCrunch for Dover's $20M raise — a dedicated feature in a tier-1 outlet.
80%Zinc was acquired (acquisition price undisclosed); exit confirmed by multiple sources.

Investor score

98%General Partner at Alloy Fund, confirmed by SEC Form D filing for Alloy Innovation Fund LP.
98%Active GP and fund manager of Alloy Fund, a pooled investment fund with $4.5M fund size per SEC Form D.
95%Partner / Principal at Y Combinator as Visiting Partner, a recognized top-tier VC firm.
92%Publicly identified as an angel investor with seed investments in Ramp, Retool, Snackpass, Assembled, and more.
85%Angel investments in at least 19 named companies including Ramp, Retool, Snackpass, Assembled, Shogun, Arc, and more.
80%Approximately 9 years of investing experience, starting from his self-investor role in 2017 through to present.

What you likely need

As a two-time YC founder now serving as a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator, you sit at the intersection of operator experience and early-stage investing — making you a natural fit for high-signal founder and investor gatherings. Your portfolio includes breakout companies like Ramp and Retool, and your recruiting domain expertise via Dover gives you a differentiated lens on talent and team-building. Events that connect you with other YC-affiliated founders, seed-stage investors, and recruiting/HR tech operators would be most valuable right now.

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.

introsA YC Visiting Partner and Group Partner dinner to share batch insights and co-invest in standout S25/W26 founders.
tacticalA seed-stage investor roundtable with other micro-VC GPs (Alloy Fund peers) to pressure-test deal sourcing and portfolio construction strategies.
introsA portfolio founder happy hour featuring operators from Ramp, Retool, and Snackpass to surface warm intros for Dover's enterprise pipeline.
positioningA recruiting and HR-tech founder dinner with operators building in the talent stack to explore Dover's next product direction.
hiringAn MIT alumni founder networking night to recruit technical co-founders or early engineers for portfolio companies.
introsA YC W14/S19 batch reunion dinner to reconnect with cohort peers now at growth stage and identify co-investment opportunities.
fundraisingAn angel syndicate workshop for YC-affiliated investors to structure follow-on vehicles and expand Alloy Fund's LP base.