Tyler Bosmeny
Tyler Bosmeny | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Business founder, investor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Known for | Co-founder of Clever |
Tyler Bosmeny is an American business founder and investor. In 2012, he co-established the educational technology firm Clever alongside fellow Harvard University alumni Dan Carroll and Rafael Garcia. Clever reached half of the U.S. K-12 student population and was purchased by Kahoot! in 2021 for $500 million.
Since 2023, Bosmeny holds the position of Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator.
Early life and education
Bosmeny completed an AB in applied mathematics and an MA in statistics at Harvard University within a four-year period. During his time at Harvard, he was the associate business manager for The Harvard Crimson.
PaperG
While studying at Harvard, Bosmeny co-launched PaperG in 2007 with peers from Harvard and Yale, including Roger Lee. PaperG created technology to automate geographically targeted advertising on websites, serving prominent outlets such as The Los Angeles Times and The New York Post.
Recognizing a niche, Bosmeny observed that online advertising was largely controlled by national firms, leaving a need for local business-focused solutions. By 2010, PaperG had raised over $1 million in capital. The company established its main office in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011 and opened a branch in Seattle in 2012. Bosmeny departed PaperG that same year to embark on a new venture.
Clever
In 2012, Bosmeny co-founded the edtech company Clever with Carroll and Garcia, also Harvard graduates. Headquartered in San Francisco, Clever built an API facilitating data exchange between educational software and schools' existing databases. That year, the startup was admitted into Y Combinator.
Bosmeny described the company's purpose in TechCrunch:
Imagine a teacher whose 20 students each use different learning applications; tracking their progress across these platforms should simplify teaching, yet often makes it more complicated.
He acted as CEO during this period. Throughout the 2010s, Clever collaborated with thousands of schools and reached millions of students, securing approximately $43 million in investments while achieving cash flow neutrality beginning in 2016. In 2014, Bosmeny, Carroll, and Garcia were featured in Forbes Education 30 Under 30. By 2017, Clever was ranked fourth among The Wall Street Journal Tech Companies to Watch.
By 2021, Clever had expanded to serve half of all U.S. K-12 students. That year, Kahoot! acquired the company for $500 million; Clever continued to operate independently while integrating with Kahoot!’s applications and extending its reach to over 200 countries. In 2022, Bosmeny stepped down as CEO and was succeeded by Trish Sparks.
Y Combinator
Since 2023, Bosmeny has been serving as a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator.
Personal life
In 2020, Bosmeny married Sophie Turnbull, an Australian Harvard alumna.