# Chris Compean

> Chris Compean is the co-founder and CEO of Mayan, a fully-remote SaaS platform that helps Amazon sellers grow with data-driven automation for advertising, inventory, and analytics. An MIT graduate and former early team member at Thrasio, he launched Mayan in 2020 with three MIT fraternity brothers, went through Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch, and raised a $5M Series A in 2023 led by Bright Pixel. Mayan has driven over $160M in total Amazon sales for its customers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Mayan
- **Organizations:** Mayan, Thrasio, VEGAS.com, Cogo Labs, Y Combinator (W21)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS in Business Management (Finance focus), minor in Mathematics, concentration in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MySQL Certification, Self-study
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Mayan, a Y Combinator W21 growth-automation platform for Amazon sellers, Raised $7M total across seed and Series A rounds, Mayan customers generated over $80M in ad sales and $160M in total Amazon sales in two years

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Graduated from MIT with a BS in Business Management, finance focus
- **2010s** — Worked at Boston startups across incubation, ed-tech, and video advertising, including Cogo Labs as business/quantitative analyst
- **2010s** — Product analyst at VEGAS.com running A/B and multivariate tests in the hospitality sector
- **2010s-2020** — Early team member at Thrasio, the largest Amazon brand aggregator and fastest US company to reach unicorn status
- **2020** — Co-founded Mayan with three MIT fraternity brothers; initially COO
- **2021** — Went through Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch
- **2022** — Raised $2M seed round
- **2023** — Raised $5M Series A led by Bright Pixel; serving as CEO

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Mayan, a Y Combinator W21 growth-automation platform for Amazon sellers
- Raised $7M total across seed and Series A rounds
- Mayan customers generated over $80M in ad sales and $160M in total Amazon sales in two years
- Customers see an average 28% increase in ROAS and 47% increase in ad-sales within three months
- Was an early team member at Thrasio before founding Mayan

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Mayan raised a $5M Series A led by Bright Pixel to expand its ads-optimization platform and launch a self-serve advertising solution.

## Links

- Website: https://mayan.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscompean
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TryMayan

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Last updated: 2026-07-01