# Tim Hyer

> Tim Hyer is the co-founder and CEO of Trusty (YC W22), a private marketplace and agent-to-agent matchmaking network for off-market real estate. A Duke-trained designer who has bought homes eight times, Hyer built Trusty to bring transparency and real conversation to what he calls the largest financial purchase of most people's lives - creating a place to find, discuss, and transact on homes whether or not they are formally listed.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Trusty
- **Organizations:** Trusty (YC W22), Y Combinator, Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures (Founder Network)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA - Visual Arts / Graphic Design, Markets and Management Studies, Film/Video/Digital Media, Duke University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Trusty, a Y Combinator W22 company., Grew Trusty to roughly 350 active agent accounts covering about 80% of California in its first year., Previously raised over $10M for a prior startup.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Graduates from Duke University with a design-focused degree.
- **pre-2019** — Works across roles including Red Hat, Cheskin, Getable and Gardner-Gibson; launches a mobile app for the construction industry and raises over $10M for a prior startup.
- **2019** — Founds Trusty and becomes Co-Founder and CEO.
- **2021** — Launches Trusty as a social network for real estate, starting in Sacramento; grows to ~350 agent accounts covering ~80% of California.
- **2022** — Trusty is accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2022 (W22) batch and raises a $130K seed round.
- **2022** — Expands the model into a private, agent-to-agent matchmaking network for off-market homes across California, including Marin and Sonoma.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Trusty, a Y Combinator W22 company.
- Grew Trusty to roughly 350 active agent accounts covering about 80% of California in its first year.
- Previously raised over $10M for a prior startup.
- Built and led a fully distributed engineering team across multiple markets.

## Latest updates

- **2022-09** — Trusty closed a $130K seed round following its Y Combinator W22 batch.
- **2022-01** — Trusty joined Y Combinator's Winter 2022 cohort and pivoted toward a private agent-to-agent matchmaking network for off-market real estate.

## Links

- Website: https://trustyhomes.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timhyer/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/trustyhomes
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/trustyco/

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Last updated: 2026-07-31