Cory Levy

Co-Founder

United States16 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of successful startups FirstText.com and ZFellows.com.
Co-Founder of After School, a teen social network with 20m users.
Forbes 30 Under 30 in Consumer Technology.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C SaaS entrepreneur with expertise in early-stage startups and consumer technology.

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Early-stage StartupsMobile TechnologyEntertainmentBusiness DevelopmentMarketingStrategic PartnershipsDigital MediaNew MediaVenture CapitalConsumer InternetBusiness StrategyOperations ManagementHiringCollegeStart-ups

About

- Founder of FirstText.com and ZFellows.com - Angel investor in 20+ startups & mentor at Spearhead - Co-Founder of After School, a teen social network with ~20m users. Acquihired by Ancestry - Forbes 30 Under 30 in Consumer Technology and Dorm Room Founders - Board of Directors of the international non-profit DoSomething.org - In high school, interned at Founders Fund, Union Square Ventures, and TechStars - Studied CS at UIUC

Experience

16 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

10 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

16 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Z fellows

Founder

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

1 week.
$10,000.
Z Fellows are technical builders of all ages working on side projects and startups.
We are your first believer. We’ve worked with high school dropouts, college students, and people with full-time jobs across a variety of industries, including consumer, social, enterprise, defense, healthcare, edtech, fintech, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, crypto, AI, ML, climate, biotech, and more.

First text

Founder

Sep 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 7 mos · United States

We help ambitious young technical founders.
FirstText.com

Signalfire

Advisor

Sep 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Dosomething.org

Board Member

Feb 2016 – Dec 2023 · 7 yrs 10 mos

DoSomething.org is the largest non-profit that empowers youth to rock social causes around the globe. 5 million+ members strong globally!

One, inc.

Co-Founder and COO

May 2011 – Apr 2019 · 7 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco, CA

Built a number of social apps.
One was called After School, which was a teen social network. Grew to 20m+ users.
Acquihired by Ancestry.

Internapalooza

Founder

Jun 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 10 mos · California

Internapalooza is the largest gathering of Silicon Valley interns, young engineers, and STEM students in the world! Over 20,000 students from colleges across the nation have signed up for previous events. We come together to meet fantastic companies, experience insanely great technology, learn from remarkable visionaries, and forge connections between one another that will define the future.
Previous speakers and attendees include: Ashton Kutcher, Travis Kalanick (founder of Uber), Kevin Hartz (founder of Eventbrite), Marissa Mayer (former CEO of Yahoo), Keith Rabois (VC at Founders Funds), Max Levchin (co-founder of PayPal) Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), Danae Ringelmann (co-founder of Indiegogo), Kara Swisher (co-founder of Re/code), and Mike Krieger (co-founder of Instagram).

Founders fund

Intern

Jun 2009 – Jun 2009 · 0 mo · San Francisco, CA

Union square ventures

Intern

Aug 2008 – Aug 2008 · 0 mo · New York City, NY

I shadowed managing director, Albert Wenger. I was given the opportunity to sit in on a partner meeting, observe a board session, and watch people present to Albert.

Techstars

Intern

Jun 2008 – Jul 2008 · 1 mo · Boulder, CO

I spent time at TechStars sitting through meetings, providing unique insight and points of view, and listening in on sessions with the mentors. I was very fortunate to meet and work with the best and brightest!