Natalie Aresta-Katz
Founder of Regbase (YC P26) | Columbia Business School ‘26
Experience
Career
2026Regbase
FounderFounder · New York, NY · 2026 – Present
2015Saponify
Business Owner · Chevy Chase, MD · 2015 – Present
2024Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Global Regulatory Development Consultant · 2024 – 2026
- 2023
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Senior Sustainability Coordinator · New York, New York, United States · 2023 – 2024
- 2021
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Sustainability Research Coordinator · New York, New York, United States · 2021 – 2023
2021Center for Active Design
ESG Analyst Internship · New York, New York, United States · 2021
2021NYU Stern School of Business
Teaching Assistant · New York, New York, United States · 2021
2019NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Teaching Assistant and Metalsmithing Studio Monitor · New York, New York, United States · 2019 – 2021
2020Deloitte
Summer Analyst · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2020
2019NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
Invest SDG ESG Researcher · New York, United States · 2019 – 2020
2014National Institute of Standards and Technology
Summer Intern · 2014 – 2017
Bio
Prior to Regbase, Natalie was the founder of Saponify. Between the ages of 16 and 22, Natalie sold over $1M of soap base on Amazon. She was the first sustainable business major at NYU Stern, and has an MBA from Columbia. Natalie also spent 3 years as a regulatory researcher at the law firm Paul, Weiss, which is where she got the idea for Regbase.