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Artur Romanov

Founder

Founder at Trace

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTrace · YC

About

Artur Romanov is co-founder and CTO of Trace. He previously worked as a senior engineer at Deliveroo, where he built machine learning infrastructure for grocery data enrichment. He has prior experience leading backend engineering in logistics and finance, as well as implementing workflow automation systems.

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

Founder at TraceYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Artur went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Trace's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Artur can intro founders to Trace's investors below.

Trace's investors · 14

Chainlinksince 2026Chainlink labssince 2026Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026CoinFundNew York · $6M – $10M checks · since 2026Goodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2026Haun VenturesSilicon Valley · $1M – $100M checks · since 2026HOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checks · since 2026Jump CapitalChicago · since 2026Jump CryptoChicago · $500K – $15M checks · since 2026Paxossince 2026Transpose Platform ManagementHouston · since 2026WefunderSan Francisco · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025Zeno VenturesGeneva · since 2026

Co-founders at Trace

TCTim Cherkasov
Tim CherkasovFounder

Experience

  1. Trace (YC S25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present
  2. DeliverooSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2025
  3. ClustrCo-Founder & CIO2023 — 2025
  4. The Hut GroupTechnical Lead2018 — 2022

Skills & more

Go (Programming Language)Java3

From Artur's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Artur Romanov?
Artur Romanov is co-founder and CTO of Trace. He previously worked as a senior engineer at Deliveroo, where he built machine learning infrastructure for grocery data enrichment. He has prior experience leading backend engineering in logistics and finance, as well as implementing workflow automation systems.
Where does Artur Romanov work?
Artur Romanov is Founder of Trace.
What companies did Artur Romanov found?
Artur Romanov founded Trace.
Where did Artur Romanov go to school?
Artur Romanov studied at The University of Manchester (Computer Science); Bellerbys Global (A-levels, Further Maths).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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The University of Manchester mafia40

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Pedro SicilianoExchange ProgramFounded Teachy +1Andy LeaverMEng/BScFounded ArqitSimon SegarsMScFounded ArmRajiv DatarMastersFounded Chromatan, Inc.Michael LiuUoT Outbound Exchange ProgramFounded Erdos VenturesBen PetersMaster of Advanced Computer ScienceFounded Bitso

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The Hut Group mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ravin ThambapillaiHead of MobileFounded Credal.aiIvan ValkovSoftware Engineering InternFounded Slicker

Bellerbys Global mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ali KavoosiA LevelsFounded Orca Client

Same school

Also attended The University of Manchester166

Joel NoyceInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames BraithwaiteFinancial Controller at NorthzoneFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalSimon SegarsExecutive Advisor at Black Opal VenturesHonor de WintonExecutive Assistant at Giant Ventures Global Llp

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Also attended Bellerbys Global4

Aishat RajiWest Africa Director at Factor[e] VenturesAn NguyễnPlatform at Dawn Capital LLPShaoai WongFinancial Manager at KammaAli KavoosiFounder/CTO at Orca Client

Shared employers

Also worked at Trace (YC S25)1

Tim CherkasovFounder at Trace

Also worked at Deliveroo40

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalAdam ValkinInvestment Team at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesNeil RimerInvestor at Index VenturesShabir VasramInvestor at Daphni

+ 34 more

Also worked at Clustr1

Tim CherkasovFounder at Trace

Also worked at The Hut Group3

Harry BriggsPartner at Astanor VenturesRavin ThambapillaiFounder at Credal.aiIvan ValkovFounder at Slicker