Jared Heyman

Managing Partner
2019
Rebel is a seed-stage venture capital fund powered by an elite team of Y Combinator alumni along with a proprietary machine learning algorithm for statistically predicting startup success

2012

Chairman
2018
Promoted senior leadership team to take over day-to-day operations of company. Now provides strategic advice and guidance.
Founder & CEO
2012 - 2018
CrowdMed (Y Combinator W13 / HealthBox 2016) is harnessing "the wisdom of crowds" to solve difficult medical cases online, many times less expensively and more quickly than the traditional medical system. The company is backed by top-tier Silicon Valley venture funds including NEA, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen-Horowitz, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, and Y Combinator.

1998 - 2023

Chairman
2010 - 2023
Promoted senior leadership team to take over day-to-day operations of the company. Helped negotiate a successful strategic acquisition by Savanta / Next 15 Communications (LON:NFC) in January 2023.
Founder & CEO
1998 - 2010
Online research firm specializing in prediction markets, employee, customer, and market research surveys. Founded company in college and bootstrapped Infosurv and its spin-out, the online prediction market platform Intengo, to tens of millions in aggregate revenue before exiting operationally. Hired dozens of talented employees.

2017 - 2019

Co-Founder & General Partner
2017 - 2019
Pioneer Fund is a seed-stage venture fund pooling capital and expertise from 200+ Y Combinator alumni to invest in YC startups, leveraging the unique knowledge and networks of the YC alumni community. Raised approximately 90% of the fund's fee-bearing capital and served as General Partner through its first 40 investments before spinning out Rebel Fund.

2000 - 2001

Managing Partner at Rebel Fund