Bryan Johnson - Founder & CEO @ Kernel - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Overview

Number of Portfolio Companies

Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Founder & CEO
Primary Organization
Kernel

Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Bryan is the Founder/CEO of Kernel, OS Fund and Braintree Venmo.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Stable

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Stable	—	Seed Round - Stable	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Extropic AI	—	Seed Round - Extropic AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kernel	—	Series C - Kernel	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kernel	Yes	Venture Round - Kernel	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Kernel	Bryan Johnson	—	Series C - Kernel	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Eat Just	OS Fund	—	Series C - Eat Just	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Number of Past Jobs

has

current jobs as

Founder & CEO

at

and

Co-Founder & General Partner

at

. Additionally,

has had

past job as the

Founder/CEO

at

.

Kernel Founder & CEOJun 2016
OS Fund Co-Founder & General PartnerOct 2013

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Braintree	Founder/CEO	Jan 2007	Sep 2013

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Founded Companies	84,858
United States Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	92
University of Innsbruck Alumni Founded Companies	76,976
Symbiosis International University Alumni Founded Companies	57,284
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Alumni Founded Companies	28,033
University of Haifa Alumni Founded Companies	59,937
University of Galway Alumni Founded Companies	57,175
FGV / EBAPE Alumni Founded Companies	90,070
West Chester University of Pennsylvania Alumni Founded Companies	79,755
Jagiellonian University Alumni Founded Companies	77,613

Education

studied at

Brigham Young University

and

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

.

Brigham Young University B.A.International Studies19992003
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business MBAunknown20052007

Events

Number of Events

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Enterprise Rising Conference -- IN PERSON May 2025

on

May 15, 2025

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Enterprise Rising Conference -- IN PERSON May 2025 Speaker Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, North AmericaMay 15, 2025
Transformative Technology Conference 2019 Speaker Palo Alto, California, United States, North AmericaNov 15, 2019
Startup Grind Global Conference 2019 Speaker Redwood City, California, United States, North AmericaFeb 23, 2019
Web Summit 2017 Speaker Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, EuropeNov 6, 2017
Samsung Developers Conference 2017 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaOct 18, 2017
VIVA Technology Startup Connect Paris 2017 Speaker Paris, Ile-de-France, France, EuropeJun 15, 2017
SXSW 2017 Speaker Austin, Texas, United States, North AmericaMar 10, 2017
Startup Grind SoCal Speaker Los Angeles, California, United States, North AmericaSep 27, 2016
Collision 2015 Speaker Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North AmericaMay 5, 2015

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•

Jul 31, 2025

Stable raised

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from Bitfinex and 13 other investors

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Funding Round•

Dec 4, 2023

Extropic AI raised

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from Aidan Gomez and 23 other investors

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Funding Round•

Jul 9, 2020

Kernel raised

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from Bryan Johnson and 5 other investors

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