Raphael Schaad, Angel Investor

Raphael Schaad is a visiting partner at Y Combinator, where he helps founders build iconic startups. He previously led product and design at Notion, driving the company’s expansion into multi-product offerings such as Calendar and Mail. Before Notion, he founded Cron, a next-generation calendar app backed by YC and top investors, which was later acquired by Notion. Earlier in his career, he worked as a researcher at MIT Media Lab and ran Schaad Consulting, focusing on product development and design. As an angel investor, Schaad has backed early-stage ventures in AI and productivity. His portfolio includes Rulebase, a pre-seed company, and Cekura AI, a seed-stage startup, reflecting his interest in tools that enhance workflows and leverage artificial intelligence.