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BackType

Summer 2008 · Acquired

BackType was an analytics company acquired by Twitter in 2011

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2008

Team size: 0

Founders

  • Christopher GoldaFounder

    Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. Previously, investor in Benchling, Coinbase, Supabase, 100+ more. Founded BackType (S08, sold to Twitter). Launched Twitter Ads and ran Ads Center at Twitter until 2014.

  • Mike MontanoFounder

    Investor in Benchling, Ollama, and dozens of YC cos. Partner at True Ventures. Former Head of Engineering at Twitter. Founded BackType, acquired by Twitter. YCS08