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Collins Muthinja

Founder

Founder at Triply

Nairobi County, Kenya

FoundedTriply · YC

About

Collins Muthinja worked as a software engineer at an insuretech company building payment systems, and was co-founder of an acquired BNPL startup. He now works on fintech solutions for travel businesses in Africa.

Founder at TriplyYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Collins went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Triply's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Collins can intro founders to Triply's investors below.

Triply's investors · 4

4DX VenturesAccra · $50K – $500K checksOui CapitalLagos · $750K checksThe Baobab Network$100K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Triply

PWPeter Wachira
Peter WachiraFounder

Experience

  1. TripitacaChief Technology Officercurrent2021 — presentKenya
  2. Startup StashContributorcurrent2022 — present
  3. Boda CareChief Technology Officer2020 — 2021Nairobi County, Kenya
  4. Iconic King LtdSenior Developer2019 — 2020Nairobi County, Kenya
  5. CarePay InternationalSoftware Engineer2018Nairobi,Kenya
  6. YouTubeFreelance and Trainer2017 — 2018

Skills & more

Angular1Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)1mpesa1Trello1Mentoring1Database Administration1Data Migration1Client Relations1Project Management1Customer Service1Agile Methodologies1Spring Framework1
+12 moreBloggingWeb Content WritingStart-up ConsultingManagementJavaNode.jsVue.jsReact.jsTypeScriptObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Java Certified ProgrammerChess

Languages English

  • Digital Marketing — Google Digital Garage
  • Data Structure & Algorithms in Java for Intermediate Level — Great Learning
  • Certificate In Visual Basic.Net — Institute of Advanced Technology(IAT)
  • Certificate Of Software Programming — Moringa School
  • Certificate In Java Development — Institute of Advanced Technology(IAT)

From Collins's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Collins Muthinja?
Collins Muthinja worked as a software engineer at an insuretech company building payment systems, and was co-founder of an acquired BNPL startup. He now works on fintech solutions for travel businesses in Africa.
Where does Collins Muthinja work?
Collins Muthinja is Founder of Triply.
What companies did Collins Muthinja found?
Collins Muthinja founded Triply.
Where did Collins Muthinja go to school?
Collins Muthinja studied at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Moringa School (Software Engineering, Android Developer); Institute Of Advanced Technology (Certificate In Software Programming, Java and VB.NET Programming).

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Shared employers

Also worked at YouTube86

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberEllie HinkenInvestor at Khosla VenturesAyesha AroraVenture Partner at S32Kate MasonVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesDavid StewartVenture Partner at LiveOak VenturesAlessio FanelliPartner at Decibel Partners

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