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Ian Lee

Thiel Fellow at The Thiel Foundation

Santiago Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Ian Lee is the CEO of Examedi, a Y Combinator-backed company, and a Thiel Fellow. He has a background in project management, full-stack development, and business development, and has invested in various startups in sectors like diagnostics and fintech.

Work Experience 

  • Builder

    2025 - Current

  • Board Member

    2025

  • Co-Founder & CPO

    2024 - 2025

    Leading product and development efforts in building the simplest way to book a lab test and get quality care.

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2021 - 2024

    Changing the way health is delivered in Latin America. Re-imagining the Patient Journey. Backed by General Catalyst, 8VC, Quiet Capital, Soma Capital, YCombinator, and more. More than 300,000 patients have cared for their health through us. As CEO, raised $21m+ in Seed and Series A funding.

  • Fellow

    2021 - 2023

    Selected as 1 of 23 Thiel Fellows for 2021. First and only fellow from Chile. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220106005089/en/Thiel-Foundation-Announces-Next-Thiel-Fellow-Class

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  • Founding Software Engineer

    2019 - 2021

    Early employee (engineer #3); co-led the development of the homeowner dashboard, tenant dashboard, and internal operations systems. Full-stack, but really full-stack: did design, frontend, backend, and devops work. YC Top Company 2022

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