Denis Mars

Overview

Gender
male

Denis Mars is the Co-founder and CEO at Proxy. He is a former Director of Admissions at Y Combinator. He attended the University of Sydney and Stanford University.

Before Proxy, Mars was the Director of Admissions at Y Combinator, responsible for initiating programs to help discover and evaluate the most
promising founders and ideas that could change the world for the better.

Prior to Y Combinator, Mars founded Meetings.io, which was acquired by Jive, founded an automotive startup, and was a chief engineer
for the champion winning Formula 3 race team. Mars has a B.S. in Physics and a B.E. Honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sydney.

Startup founder, YC alum. Physics, Mech Engineering, Code, Design, UI/UX, Products.
Likes to engineer the impossible and disrupt the status quo.

Tech Startups:

•Y Combinator Alum - Embedster Inc W2010
•Y Combinator Alum - Bitplay Inc (Meetings.io) W2011
•Meetings.io acquired by Jive (NASDAQ:JIVE) in 2012

Other accomplishments:

•Modena Inc - Acquired by Auto Group in 2005
•3Jive Inc - Music Platform Technology
•Roxentric - Indie Record Label
•Formula 3 Racing - Chief Engineer 2x championship wins
•Formula SAE - Team Lead 2001 winning team

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Denis Mars has 1 current jobs including Co-founder and CEO at Proxy , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Proxy Co-founder and CEO Mar 1, 2016 Detail