Summary
Tim Trefren is a serial founder and operator with 15 years of experience building product-led SaaS and verification platforms, currently leading Recheck as Cofounder & CEO to bring transparency to residential solar sales. He previously founded Mixpanel, where he scaled engineering, product, and customer teams while helping the company exceed $100M in ARR and raise significant capital. Based in Lyme, New Hampshire, Tim combines hands-on coding and team-building with early-stage investing focused on climate, food security, and economic development. A Climate Tech Fellow and occasional investor in startups like Second Measure and Saratoga Energy, he looks for opportunities that deliver large-scale social impact while remaining economically viable. Notably, his background blends deep product analytics experience with a growing focus on clean energy verification—an uncommon mix that informs both his startups and investments.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Arizona State University
Y Combinator
English