Adrien Guilmineau

Co-Founder at HumanDirectory

Mar 2026 – Present

Building the world's first LLM friendly open social network.

Co-Founder at Disket, Inc

Apr 2023 – Present

Disket is building software that connects people and machines. We are backed by A16Z Speedrun, Afore Capital, Volo Ventures, Firedrop and other amazing angels.

https://speedrun.a16z.com/companies/ghosted/adrien-guilmineau

VC Scout at a16z speedrun

2025 – Present

Writing small checks to founders that may be a good fit for a16z's Speedrun program.

Product Lead at Rippling

May 2023 – Apr 2024

Rippling is an all-in-one HRIS, Payroll, ATS, Spend, Devices & IT solution for companies of all sizes.

Head of Product at Hofy

Nov 2021 – Apr 2023

Hofy makes it easy to procure and manage global employee equipment. Acquired by Deel $XXXm.

Co-Founder & CEO at Aria

Apr 2020 – Nov 2021

Aria is an AI mobile video editor for vlogs & podcasts. $650k seed from Stride.VC, Kima, Quiet Capital & Zenly co-founders.

Co-Founder & CEO at Sidekick

Sep 2016 – Mar 2020

Sidekick is a SaaS enabled managed marketplace for professional coaching. Customers: Facebook, BNP Paribas, Procore Technologies, A.T.Kearney, Paramount Pictures, Typeform, Algolia, Dataiku, Circle Pay... $1.5m seed from Afore Capital, TheFamily & 40 angels.

Co-Founder & CEO at Tinbox

Jan 2014 – Sep 2016

Tinbox helps nonprofits crowdfund on social media. Customers: Charles Schwab, Clorox, SAP... $500k seed from SpringVC, TheFamily, Tumml & 15 angels.

https://www.retaildive.com/ex/mobilecommercedaily/charles-schwab-donates-on-users-behalf-in-san-francisco-app-launch

Fellow at The Family

Apr 2014 – Nov 2021

Paying it forward

B.S. Management at Warwick Business School

Sep 2012 – Apr 2014

I studied for 2 years at Warwick before dropping out to start my first company.

Concord

2026

AI upskilling platform for entreprise.

Website

Sapiom

Sapiom is agentic payments for APIs

Ori

Ori is a GPU cloud for inference.

Firedrop

Firedrop is a solo GP fund by Pietro Invernizzi investing super early in EU founders.

Unison

Unison (YC W22) is building a VR headset & OS.

Cargo

Cargo (YC S23) is a CRM built directly on top of your data warehouse

Finnt

Finnt (YC W22) uses AI to analyse investment opportunities for finance professionals.

Elfin Market

Elfin Market makes the lowest APR credit card on the market.

Kresus

Kresus helps large companies improve their working capital through supplier payment solutions.

Posted

Posted is the simplest way to track your parcels.

Semper

Semper (aq. Crowdcube) makes it easy for companies to run smooth employee liquidity programs.

Dmail.me

Dmail.me is a messaging app built on top of the most widely used decentralised network: email.

Prometheus

Prometheus (YC W19) transforms atmospheric carbon into jet fuel.

Finary

Finary (YC W21) is a wealth tracking app.

Altacasa

Altacasa makes holiday home co-ownership possible.

Club

Club helps creators monetize premium content through subscriptions, commerce & more.

Mercury

Mercury is a business bank account for US startups.

Bellman

Bellman makes managing your apartment building seamless in France.

Payfit

Payfit (secondary series B) makes paying your employees easy and compliant.

Fairmint

Fairmint makes it easy for stakeholders to invest in your company through tokenized cap tables.

Sunsama

Sunsama (YC W19) turns your calendar into a productivity hub.

Artikuno Commerce

Artikuno Commerce buys & scales Shopify stores.

Shipfix

Shipfix (aq. Veson Nautical) is a messaging & data product for the shipping industry.

Atlas Card (aka. Point)

Point (YC W19) is a debit card with credit card rewards and benefits.

Dyneti

Dyneti (YC W19) is credit card scanning SDK with build-in fraud prevention.

Harmony

Harmony makes affordable CBD products.

YSplit

YSplit (YC W19) allows roommates to split bills.

Nabis

Nabis (YC W19) helps cannabis businesses operate in the US.

Clarisights

Clarisights allows marketing teams to build better reports.

Jinka

Jinka helps people buy and rent.

Span Health

Span Health (aq. Eight Sleep) is an AI coach for your health data.

Startup Seed Deck Review

I'll spend 30min going over your deck giving you feedback on how to improve it, how to sharpen your story, show momentum and get excited about your business. This is a no-BS 30-min session in which you'll get radical honestly from me about your startup and it's chances of raising capital from Venture Capital or professional angel investors.

• $200 / session

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