Ivan Porollo
About Ivan Porollo
Ivan Porollo is a software engineer turned founder based in San Francisco. By his own account he worked at several startups and tried to start a few companies in college. He then took a full-time software engineer role at Weedmaps. His site and a DEV Community profile list The Ohio State University as his school.
He was in the Y Combinator Summer 2020 batch. Y Combinator lists him as a co-founder of Monosi, an open source data observability company, with Kevin Unkrich. Crunchbase lists him as former co-founder and CTO of Kosmos, a Y Combinator-backed microservice management platform, also founded in 2020 with Unkrich. Porollo has said he stepped away from his data observability company and moved on to Cerebral Valley.
He co-founded Cerebral Valley, a community around generative AI and LLMOps in the San Francisco Bay Area, and his X profile says he is building it. Crunchbase currently lists him as cofounder of menubites.ai, which describes itself as an AI-powered photography product. Crunchbase also records that Snappr acquired menubites.ai, with the date not shown.
Crunchbase shows one personal investment: a pre-seed round in menubites.ai. It also lists him as a cofounder there, alongside Alex Reibman and Gloria Felicia. The round date, round size and his check amount are not public. No other angel investments, funds or syndicates were found in public sources.
The only AI investment on record is menubites.ai, a company he co-founded. He has not published an investment thesis. His closest public tie to the AI ecosystem is operating Cerebral Valley, where he gives talks on the community's origins and has spoken about LLMOps.
Porollo has not publicly stated a stage, sector, geography or check size. The one recorded deal is pre-seed and in AI, and he is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. That is too little to call a pattern. Treat him as a technical founder and community builder who has invested once, not as an investor with a published mandate.
- menubites.ai: AI-powered photography company he co-founded and invested in at pre-seed; Crunchbase says Snappr acquired it (date not public).
- crunchbase.com/person/ivan-porollo
- crunchbase.com/organization/menubites-ai
- crunchbase.com/organization/menubites-ai/financial_details
- crunchbase.com/organization/kosmos
- ycombinator.com/companies/monosi
- forbes.com/sites/aparnadhinakaran/2023/05/09/exploring-the-future-of-a
- arize.com/blog/exploring-the-future-of-ai-community-with-cerebral-vall
- ivanporollo.com/about
Investing activity
Ivan Porollo has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has seen 1 exit and founded 2 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Ivan Porollo
Is Ivan Porollo an active angel investor?
Public records show one investment, a pre-seed round in menubites.ai, which he co-founded. No other deals or a stated investing program were found.
What is Ivan Porollo's check size?
It is not public. Neither his own channels nor Crunchbase state a check size, and the amount of his menubites.ai investment is not disclosed.
What companies has Ivan Porollo founded?
Crunchbase lists menubites.ai and Kosmos, where he was co-founder and CTO. Y Combinator lists him as co-founder of Monosi, an open source data observability company. He also co-founded the Cerebral Valley AI community.
Should AI founders pitch Ivan Porollo?
He has no stated thesis or stage preference. His background is engineering, developer tools, data infrastructure and the Bay Area AI community, so a technical founder in those areas may find the conversation useful. An introduction through Cerebral Valley or his network is a reasonable way in.
Where can I contact Ivan Porollo?
He is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/iporollo and on X as @iporollo. His personal site is ivanporollo.com.
Is Ivan Porollo an angel investor?
Yes. Ivan Porollo invests personally as an angel and is Cofounder at menubites.ai. Crunchbase counts 1 investment and 1 exit.
Where is Ivan Porollo based?
Ivan Porollo is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
How can founders reach Ivan Porollo?
Founders on Lounge can see Ivan Porollo's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Ivan Porollo to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.