Kristen Anderson is the CEO and co-founder of Catch — the first and only personal payroll and benefits product for freelancers and the self-employed. Catch is a Y-Combinator company that has raised $20 million from world-class investors like Crosslink Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Kindred Ventures. Kristen leads the company’s finance, growth, and marketing functions. Prior to Catch, Kristen was the Director of Product at FutureFuel.io and helped launch one of the first student loan repayment SaaS benefits platforms. Earlier in her career, as a Product Innovation Manager at Commonwealth, she worked to design and scale innovative savings products that now serve more than 80 million consumers. Kristen has lived on four continents and has a master’s in International Business from Hult and a bachelor’s in Mathematics and Economics from Pepperdine University.