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Alexa Kayman's profile

Alexa Kayman

I'm Building

CRO at Cluely

Bio

Alexa Kayman is a young technical builder based in New York City who is currently working on projects to democratize access and remove pay-to-play barriers for opportunity boards serving Title 1 high schools, thanks to a grant from Riley's Way Call For Kindness supported by Insight Partners' Ian Sandler. Previously, she led operations and growth initiatives at Bloom, a Y Combinator-backed edtech startup, and founded The Generation, a job platform tailored to high school students. Alexa is also a grant maker at Bagel Fund and studies philosophy and computer science at Columbia and Barnard.

Milestones

Age
18

Giving $10k+ in grants to builders through Bagel Fund and growth consulting for $100m+ Series A startups

Age
15

Scaled YC-backed startup from $0-$3M ARR as Head of Ops

Age
14

Director of Marketing for political strategy firm serving 3 congressional, 2 senate, and 2 stealth startup campaigns

Grant Programs

Riley's Way

Sectors

EdTech, Social Impact

Location

United States

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