BackType

BackType was an analytics company acquired by Twitter in 2011

y-combinatorSummer 2008SaaS Data Engineering 🇺🇸 San Francisco

backtype.com in LinkedIn 𝕏 Twitter

500 Global · 2010

AcquiredTwitter

Christopher Golda, Michael Montano +1 · 3 co-founders

2026Acquired by Twitter

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About

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3 founders

Christopher Golda

Founder

Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. Previously, investor in Benchling, Coinbase, Supabase, 100+ more. Founded BackType (S08, sold to Twitter). Launched Twitter Ads and ran Ads Center at Twitter until 2014.

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @golda

Michael Montano

Founder

Mike Montano

Founder

Investor in Benchling, Ollama, and dozens of YC cos. Partner at True Ventures. Former Head of Engineering at Twitter. Founded BackType, acquired by Twitter. YCS08

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @michaelmontano