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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.Bio50%Bio coverage: 50% 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.School0%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 0% of these rows have at least one match.
- Femi Aluko@LordBinary_Founder · ChowdeckS22Consumer
- Lanre YusufFounder · ChowdeckS22Consumer
- Olumide OjoFounder · ChowdeckS22Consumer
- Chris EdelmannFounder · Pop MealsS17Consumer · Kuala Lumpur
- Jessica LiFounder/COO · Pop MealsS17Consumer · Kuala Lumpur
- Jonathan WeinsFounder/CEO · Pop MealsS17Consumer · Kuala Lumpur
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Femi AlukoChowdeckFounderSummer 2022ConsumerUnknown103https://x.com/LordBinary_Lanre YusufChowdeckFounderSummer 2022ConsumerUnknown103—Olumide OjoChowdeckFounderSummer 2022ConsumerUnknown103—Chris EdelmannPop MealsFounderSummer 2017ConsumerKuala Lumpur, Malaysia153—Jessica LiPop MealsFounder/COOSummer 2017ConsumerKuala Lumpur, Malaysia153—Jonathan WeinsPop MealsFounder/CEOSummer 2017ConsumerKuala Lumpur, Malaysia153—
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Femi Aluko
Founder·Chowdeck
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size103
BatchSummer 2022
LocationLA, Nigeria
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Femi is the co-founder and CEO of Chowdeck. He was a former Principal Engineer at Paystack, an African payments company acquired by Stripe in 2020. When he started at Paystack in 2017 (as the fifth engineer and the first Core Payments Engineer), he was responsible for building the core payment infrastructure for multiple payment methods. As a Principal Engineer, he was in charge of designing multiple core systems like the circuit breaker for routing over 100k transactions daily.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
Exit mentioned in bio
COMPANY CONTEXT
ChowdeckOn-demand food delivery for Africa
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