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Campbell Mercer-Butcher

Founder

Co-Founder & CTO at Avoca Systems

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAvoca Systems · YC

About

Co-founder and CTO of Avoca Systems. He previously worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Honey Insurance and a Tech Lead at Ailo, and founded and led engineering at Epex.

LinkedIn ↗

Co-Founder & CTO at Avoca SystemsYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Campbell went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Avoca Systems's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Campbell can intro founders to Avoca Systems's investors below.

Avoca Systems's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Avoca Systems

MSMax Shand
Max ShandFounder

Experience

  1. AvocaCo-founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
  2. Honey InsurancePrincipal Software Engineer2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  3. Honey InsuranceSenior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)2024 — 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  4. AiloSenior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)2023 — 2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  5. AiloSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  6. Macquarie GroupSenior Associate Software Engineer2022Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  7. Macquarie GroupAssociate Software Engineer2021 — 2022Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  8. Epex LtdDirector and Lead Engineer2019 — 2021Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand
  9. University of CanterburyScrum Master and Tutor2020Christchurch Metropolitan Area
  10. Macquarie GroupAssociate Software Engineer2019 — 2020Greater Sydney Area
  11. Metaswitch NetworksSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Greater Hamilton Area

Education

  1. University of CanterburyBachelor of Science with Honours - BSc(Hons), Computer Science2016 — 2020

Skills & more

REST APIsJavaScriptGitCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Java1TypeScript1Python (Programming Language)1Amazon Web Services (AWS)SQLFirebaseCloud ApplicationsSpring Framework
+9 moreRPCTerraformPlay FrameworkReact.jsAngularJSNestJSExpress.jsReact NativeFlask

From Campbell's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

University of Canterbury mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jeff Wilson aka Professor DumpsterDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded No Cap +1Paul CopplestoneBComFounded SupabasePJ MurrayBE (Hons)Founded Great QuestionPaul ConynghamBachelor of Engineering (B.E.) honsFounded Gamgee

Same school

Also attended University of Canterbury43

Jono ManickamAssociate at Square Peg CapitalMichael McFadgenInvestor at 13books CapitalTim HeasleyPartner at ArtesianNick WinstoneFounder, Partner at Aera VCFrancesco PomponiInvestor at Extantia CapitalChris HartshornAdvisor at Chrysalix

+ 37 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Avoca1

Max ShandFounder at Avoca Systems

Also worked at Macquarie Group169

Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsKim RobertsonFinancial Manager at 4Di CapitalSara McMunnOperating Partner at Keen Venture PartnersMichael DavisAssociate at Questa CapitalDaphne ZhaoDirector - APAC at Type One VenturesEliza DragomirSenior Analyst at SKY VC

+ 163 more

Also worked at University of Canterbury6

Maggie PeacockSenior Marketing Executive at Icehouse VenturesHesh DantanarayanaInvestment Director at Advent PartnersGraham ScownChief Executive Officer at Founder Catalyst (Ministry of Awesome)Dr Stuart LansleyInvestor at Motion CapitalMerryn TawhaiDirector at Cure Kids VenturesMark BillinghurstPartner at Super Ventures

Also worked at Metaswitch Networks3

Bill CoughranPartner at Sequoia CapitalJohn LazarFounder & General Partner at Enza CapitalJamin BallPartner at Altimeter Capital