Fundraising Fox

Alex Kilkka

Founder

Founder at SimpleHash

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSimpleHash Β· YC

About

Alex Kilkka was CTO at Showtime.io, an NFT social platform, and is now a co-founder building NFT infrastructure technology.

Likely emailsΒ· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at SimpleHashYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Alex went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future β€” the partner who ran SimpleHash's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Alex can intro founders to SimpleHash's investors below.

SimpleHash's investors Β· 5

BitDAOCoinbase VenturesStamford Β· $100K – $10M checksFundersClubSan Francisco Β· $250K – $5M checksMantle NetworkY CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2022

Co-founders at SimpleHash

OWOlly Wilson
Olly WilsonFounder

Experience

  1. PhantomSoftware Engineercurrent2025 β€” present
  2. Austin Data SolutionsFounder & CEOcurrent2014 β€” presentAustin, Texas Area
  3. SimpleHashCo-Founder2022 β€” 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  4. ShowtimeCo-Founder & CTO2021 β€” 2022San Francisco, California, United States
  5. Commonwealth Joe Coffee RoastersChief Technology Officer2019 β€” 2020
  6. Algorithmic Trading StartupFounder2014 β€” 2017

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship12Data Analysis12Python5SQL5Django2

From Alex's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alex Kilkka?
Alex Kilkka was CTO at Showtime.io, an NFT social platform, and is now a co-founder building NFT infrastructure technology.
Where does Alex Kilkka work?
Alex Kilkka is Founder of SimpleHash.
What companies did Alex Kilkka found?
Alex Kilkka founded SimpleHash.
Where did Alex Kilkka go to school?
Alex Kilkka studied at Y Combinator (W22).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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Y Combinator mafia4,716

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

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+ 4,709 more

Phantom mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Mitchell CatoenStaff Software EngineerFounded PhonicOlly WilsonProductFounded SimpleHash

Phantom mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Mitchell CatoenPrincipal EngineerFounded PhonicOlly WilsonProductFounded SimpleHash

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures

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