Designer Founders
Adrian James
Omada Health
Al Hertz
Folio
Alex Norcliffe
Era
Andrei Herasimchuk
Seldon Digital
Andy Chung
Read.cv
Ben South Lee
Variant
Bobby Ghoshal
Dupe
Brian Chesky
Airbnb
Brian Lovin
Campsite
Caleb Elston
Delighted
Cat Noone
Stark
Cecilia Uhr
Bezi
Chris Kalani
Phantom
Colin Dunn
Visual Electric
Colleen Purdy
Reviso
Collin Wikman
Aven
Dan Shiplacoff
Hello Wonder
Dave Morin
Path
David Okuniev
Float
Dennis Müller
Amie
Dominic Nguyen
Chromatic
Dustin Mierau
Path
Edward Boatman
Lingo
Eleanor Morgan
Stealth Company
Evan Sharp
Garry Tan
Posthaven
Henri Liriani
Tome
Ivan Zhao
Notion
Izac Ross
Haven Headache
Jason James
Tezi
Jason Yuan
New Computer
Jeff Anders
Ambrook
Jeff Chapin
Haven Energy
Jeffrey Veen
Typekit
Jesse Pickard
Elevate Labs
Jessica Hische
Studioworks
Joe Gebbia
Samara
Jonathan Arena
Canopy
Jordan Singer
Mainframe
Jorn van Dijk
Framer
Joseph Cohen
Infinite Machine
Josh Brewer
Abstract
Julia Marsh
Sway
Julie Zhuo
Sundial
Karri Saarinen
Linear
Koen Bok
Framer
Kor Kajanaku
OpenStudio
Krijn Rijshouwer
Lemni
Kristopher Stipech
Moneykit
Lindsay Brady
Era
Matias Corea
Behance
Matt Vernon
Foundation
Michael Carter
brand.ai
Michael Leggett
Ever.green
Mike Clare
Mood Health
Mike Krieger
Mike Matas
Push Pop Press
Moe Amaya
Operate
Nicholas Jitkoff
/dev/agents
Pablo Stanley
Lummi
Patrick Weiss
Groove
Paul “Stammy” Stamatiou
Limitless AI
Phil Vander Broek
Dopt
Rachel Orrino
Rownd
Raphael Schaad
Cron
Rasmus Andersson
Playbit
Rik Lomas
SuperHi
Robert Yuen
Monograph
Sam Hashemi
Felt
Sam Stephenson
Granola
Saman Rahmanian
Ro
Scott Belsky
Behance
Shaun Modi
Capitol AI
Simon Amor
Sling Money
Simon Rohrbach
Plain
Stephanie Golik
Huddle
Steve Ruiz
tldraw
Steven Tey
Dub
Tony Vincent
NewCo
Tyler Angert
Patina Systems
Vince Li
Opus
Vitor Lourenco
Envoy
Warren Lebovics
Pequity
Will Peng
Northstar
Yves Behar
fuseproject
Zach Abrams
Bridge
Zach Klein
Vimeo
Designer Founder Tips and Insights
We’re conducting dozens of interviews with top designer founders to share their stories and best practices.
Sign up to get notified when we go live.
Who did we miss?
Nominate a designer founder here.
© Designer Founders, 2025
Maintained by Designer Fund