§ Founder Profile · San Francisco, CA, USA

Yury Lifshits

Founder/CEO at Openland

Updated:Apr 21, 2026

Recent News & Mentions

Jan 27, 2026ProductYahoo Yahoo Scout Launch Aug 1, 2024FundingNim - Seed Feb 1, 2024FundingNim - Seed Oct 1, 2021FundingSuperdao - Seed Aug 1, 2018FundingOpenland - Seed Nov 1, 1995FundingYahoo - Series B Mar 1, 1995FundingYahoo - Series A

Experience

CEO / FounderFounderCurrent

Nim

Feb 2024 - Present

CEO / Founder — Growth platform for Web3, now open sourceFounder

Superdao

Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

CEO / Co-Founder — Discord alternative, now open sourceFounder

Openland

Dec 2017 - Sep 2021

CEO — "McKinsey for Edtech", part of $80M+ exit

Entangled Group (now Guild Education)

Mar 2015 - Jan 2017

CEO / Co-Founder — Failed mobile education startupFounder

Blended Labs

Jun 2013 - Feb 2015

CEO / Founder — Bootstrapped to modest exitFounder

Starting a company in web+education space

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Yury Lifshits?

Yury Lifshits is CEO / Founder at Nim, based in San Francisco, CA, USA.

What companies has Yury Lifshits founded?

Yury Lifshits co-founded Nim and has also been involved with Superdao, Openland, Entangled Group (now Guild Education), Blended Labs, Starting a company in web+education space, Yahoo, Caltech.

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