Cory Levy

Cory Levy (born October 10, 1991 in Houston) is the co-founder and COO of ONE, Inc.,[1] creators of the After School App, an anonymous social network for high school students.[2] He is also the creator, organizer, and chair of Internapalooza,[3] a one-day tech conference for Silicon Valley interns.

At the age of 19, Cory raised $1M in venture capital from SV Angel, True Ventures, Charles River Ventures, General Catalyst, Keith Rabois, Gary Vaynerchuk, Naval Ravikant and Michael Dearing to start ONE, Inc.[4]

Prior to leaving the University of Illinois to launch ONE, Inc., where he was studying computer science,[5] with co-founder Michael Callahan, Cory held internships at TechStars, Union Square Ventures, and Founders Fund.[6] Cory was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 for Consumer Technology[7] and Dorm Room Founders[8] in 2017. He is also the board member of DoSomething.org[9]

References
  1. Hope Sinsky, Regina. "19 year old gets $1M to launch a social app. Watch out, Zuckerberg". VentureBeat. VentureBeat.
  2. Wagner, Kurt. "Who Is Behind After School, the Anonymous App Taking Over American High Schools?". re/code. re/code. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. D'Onfro, Jillian. "Silicon Valley interns get paid up to $7,500 per month — here's what they gossip about". Business Insider. Business Insider. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. Hope Sinsky, Regina. "19 year old gets $1M to launch a social app. Watch out, Zuckerberg". VentureBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. Taylor, Sean. "Tech-preneur Cory Levy to visit Georgia State". ceosatgsu.wordpress.com. CEO at GSU. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. "THE NEXT ZUCKERBERG? 19 YEAR OLD CORY LEVY SNAGS 1 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR SOCIAL STARTUP". Feuled.com. Feuled. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. "30 Under 30 2017: Consumer Tech". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  8. "30 Under 30 2017: Dorm Room Founders". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  9. "Cory Levy - Board Member - DoSomething.org | LinkedIn".
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