WayUp

Marketplace for employers to recruit college students and recent grads

y-combinatorWinter 2015Marketplace 🇺🇸 New York City50 people

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Acquired

JJ Fliegelman, Liz Wessel · 2 co-founders

2026Acquired

Acquired

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current

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Acquired

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About

WayUp is the #1 way to hire the right students and recent grads. We are the leading digital solution for employers to reach, engage, and recruit students and recent grads for internships and jobs. Find out more information at: http://www.wayup.com

2 founders

JJ Fliegelman

Founder/CTO

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @JdotJdotF

Liz Wessel

Founder/CEO

I am 1 of 5 investing Partners at First Round Capital. First Round is a generalist firm who led the seed rounds of Uber, Roblox, Notion & more. I lead our YC investing strategy, having led the Seed rounds of Reducto, David AI, Gumloop & many more. Before First Round, I was a Visiting Partner @ YC working w/ hundreds of companies. Before that, I was a CEO/Cofounder of WayUp for 7.5 years through our exit, and also was an Angel investor in the seed rounds of Scale AI, Ramp, Ro & more

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @lizwessel