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Known for these resultsRole100%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 100% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company0%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 0% of these rows have at least one match.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Hisham El-HalabiFounder/CTO · Vernius Systems, Inc.S26Industrials · San Francisco
- Gino Guatavita@GinoGuatavitaFounder/CTO · KontigoS24Fintech · San Francisco
- jesus alberto Castillo ferrer@jecastillofFounder/CEO · KontigoS24Fintech · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Hisham El-HalabiVernius Systems, Inc.Founder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Gino GuatavitaKontigoFounder/CTOSummer 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/GinoGuatavitajesus alberto Castillo ferrerKontigoFounder/CEOSummer 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/jecastillof
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Hisham El-Halabi
Founder/CTO·Vernius Systems, Inc.
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Vernius Systems. Previously founding engineer at Suave Money (HF0, Orange DAO-backed), building a non-custodial P2P fiat-to-crypto marketplace used by hundreds of thousands and adopted by YC startups Shor and Kontigo. Co-founder/CTO at Auctify, raising $77K in presales and pivoting to Sano AI calorie tracker (30K users, $2.5K MRR, $250K raised). BEng Engineering Science, University of Toronto.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Vernius Systems, Inc.Autonomous radar guidance for interceptors
IndustryIndustrials
Websitevernius.systems
Team size3
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LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchSummer 2026
