Max Kolysh

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States12 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Experienced in founding and leading tech startups.
  • Strong background in venture capital and investment.
  • Expertise in e-commerce and recruitment technology.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce expert with significant leadership experience.

Contact

LinkedIn

Experience

12 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
9 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Y combinator

Visiting Partner

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Dover

2 roles

Board Member

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Founder and CEO

Jan 2019 – Jan 2025 · 6 yrs

  • Dover.com is the best alternative to recruiting agencies. We're used by companies like Stripe, Scale, Opendoor, Clearco, Ro, Whatnot, Samsara, Abridge, Verkada, Alchemy, Vanta, BuzzFeed, Masterclass, FalconX, Opensea, Benchling, EvenUp, May Mobility, Lattice, Loft Orbital, Bill.com, Weights & Biases, Karat, Worldcoin, Pilot, Protocol Labs, Afresh, Sanity, Unit, TRM Labs, CoinTracker, HubSpot, Descript, AngelList, Vial, WorkOS, LogRocket, Builder.io, Product Hunt, and more.
  • Raised $26M from Founders Fund and Tiger.

Alloy fund

General Partner

Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs

  • alloyfund.com/portfolio

Zinc

2 roles

Board Member

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

Founder and COO

Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 · 4 yrs

  • Zinc.com is the secret backbone of e-commerce. We have built software that manages listing creation, inventory management, repricing, and order fulfillment for tens of thousands of the top Amazon and eBay sellers. We power the product catalog for dozens of US and international e-commerce sites. Our software powers small businesses, public companies, resellers, and brands, for whom we process over $250 million in sales per year.

Self

Investor

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 4 mos

  • Seed investor in Ramp, Retool, Destiny XYZ, Charm, Additive, Snackpass, Savvy Wealth, Assembled, Shogun, Arc, Orchestra Bio, Flipturn, Luma, Loops, Julius, and more.

Pioneer fund

Senior Venture Partner

Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 · 5 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Palantir technologies

Forward Deployed Engineer

Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 · 0 mo · Palo Alto, CA

Oliver wyman

Management Consultant

Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 · 0 mo · Manhattan, NY

Mit africa information technology initiative

Technical Instructor

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo · Nairobi, Kenya

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor's degree — Computer Science

Solon High School

Max Kolysh - CEO | Stackforce