# Tyler Koblasa

> Tyler Koblasa is a technology entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of CloudApp (now Zight), and cofounder and CEO of Orcaru. His career spans software engineering, customer development, company leadership, growth advising, and investing. He is also a PADI scuba instructor, founder of wildlife-experience venture WildVoice, and an advisory board member at Sharks4Kids.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Orcaru
- **Organizations:** Orcaru, Zight (formerly CloudApp), WildVoice Company, Sharks4Kids, High Impact Ventures, Permanent Capital, Invisible Technologies, HiroLabs, Mingly, Xenon Ventures, Advertising.com/AOL, Wild Hope Collective
- **Education:** Lean User Experience Residency (non-degree program), LUXr
- **Known for:** Founder and former CEO of CloudApp, now Zight., CloudApp reported fourfold revenue growth over 18 months in July 2016., Led CloudApp when it announced a $2 million seed round in July 2016.

## Career timeline

- **High school** — Began writing code and launched a hosting company, according to his interview with Stephen Cummins.
- **Around 2000** — Moved to San Francisco and subsequently returned to Los Angeles after the dot-com collapse.
- **2009** — Won Startup Weekend Los Angeles with Mingly; LinkedIn dates the honor to November 2009.
- **2012** — Mingly included in Entrepreneur magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies.
- **2014** — Became CloudApp CEO following its acquisition by Aluminum.io.
- **2016** — CloudApp announced $2 million seed financing and fourfold revenue growth over 18 months.
- **2019** — Publicly described as former CloudApp CEO and CRO at Invisible Technologies.
- **2023** — Became cofounder and CEO of Orcaru, dated September 2023 by The Org.
- **2025** — Published a personal essay about his diving history and advisory work at Sharks4Kids.

## Achievements

- Founder and former CEO of CloudApp, now Zight.
- CloudApp reported fourfold revenue growth over 18 months in July 2016.
- Led CloudApp when it announced a $2 million seed round in July 2016.
- Mingly won Startup Weekend Los Angeles in 2009 and appeared in Entrepreneur’s 2012 100 Brilliant Companies.
- PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.
- Advisory board member at Sharks4Kids.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Published “Drawn to the Ocean, Changed by Sharks” on December 21, describing his diving background and Sharks4Kids advisory work.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerkoblasa
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TylerKoblasa

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Last updated: 2026-10-22