Campbell Mercer-Butcher
FounderCo-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.
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
Co-founders at Avoca Systems
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Max ShandFounder
Experience
- AvocaCo-founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Honey InsurancePrincipal Software Engineer2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Honey InsuranceSenior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)2024 — 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- AiloSenior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)2023 — 2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- AiloSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Macquarie GroupSenior Associate Software Engineer2022Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Macquarie GroupAssociate Software Engineer2021 — 2022Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Epex LtdDirector and Lead Engineer2019 — 2021Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand
- University of CanterburyScrum Master and Tutor2020Christchurch Metropolitan Area
- Macquarie GroupAssociate Software Engineer2019 — 2020Greater Sydney Area
- Metaswitch NetworksSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Greater Hamilton Area
Skills & more
REST APIsJavaScriptGitCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Java1TypeScript1Python (Programming Language)1Amazon Web Services (AWS)SQLFirebaseCloud ApplicationsSpring Framework
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RPCTerraformPlay FrameworkReact.jsAngularJSNestJSExpress.jsReact NativeFlaskFrom Campbell's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Campbell Mercer-Butcher?
- 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.
- Where does Campbell Mercer-Butcher work?
- Campbell Mercer-Butcher is Co-Founder & CTO of Avoca Systems.
- What companies did Campbell Mercer-Butcher found?
- Campbell Mercer-Butcher founded Avoca Systems.
- Where did Campbell Mercer-Butcher go to school?
- Campbell Mercer-Butcher studied at University of Canterbury (Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSc(Hons), Computer Science).
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