# Tim Trefren

> Tim Trefren is co-founder, Mixpanel of Inc.. Mixpanel on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Mixpanel, Inc..

Tim Trefren co-founded Mixpanel, an event analytics company from Y Combinator's Summer 2009 batch, and worked there as a founder from 2009 to 2019. His YC profile says he now works on climate change at Recheck.

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/timtrefren
- X: https://x.com/ttrefren

## What Tim builds

- [Mixpanel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mixpanel.md), graded B, 62/100, in Product analytics & experimentation. Mixpanel is a hosted product analytics service that records events and answers questions about funnels, retention, cohorts, experiments and feature flags. Agents reach it through REST APIs with public OpenAPI specs and a hosted MCP server. Co-founder, Mixpanel, Inc., researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Suhail Doshi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/suhail-doshi/), Co-founder, Mixpanel, Inc.

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Bain Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is Tim Trefren?

Tim Trefren co-founded Mixpanel, an event analytics company from Y Combinator's Summer 2009 batch, and worked there as a founder from 2009 to 2019. His YC profile says he now works on climate change at Recheck.

### What does Mixpanel, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Mixpanel from Mixpanel, Inc.. Mixpanel is a hosted product analytics service that records events and answers questions about funnels, retention, cohorts, experiments and feature flags. Agents reach it through REST APIs with public OpenAPI specs and a hosted MCP server.

### Who has invested in Mixpanel, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator and Bain Capital.

### How are Tim's tools graded?

Mixpanel is graded B, 62 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mixpanel
- https://mixpanel.com/home/
- https://mixpanel.com/contact-us/support/
- https://mixpanel.com/about/

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