Total raised
$14.5M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
Skinner Cheng
Deaf since age 2, born in Taiwan. Studied Computer Science at the University of San Francisco. Joined Thibault Duchemin early on to build the MVP for the Android app.
Pieter Doevendans
Dutch entrepreneur. Studied at Eindhoven University of Technology. Met Thibault Duchemin at a Startup Weekend event. Operations leader with experience in D2C and B2B growth.
LinkedInThibault Duchemin
Grew up as a child of deaf adults (CODA) in France. UC Berkeley IEOR alumnus. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017. Founded Ava to empower deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals through AI-powered live captioning.
LinkedInNo applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.