Collins Muthinja
FounderFounder at Triply · Founder at Tripitaca
Nairobi County, Kenya
FoundedTripitacaTriply · YC
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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
Collins went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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 ↗
In turn, Collins can intro founders to Triply's investors below.
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Founder at Tripitaca
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Tripitaca's investors · 2
Co-founders at Tripitaca
Experience
- TripitacaChief Technology Officercurrent2021 — presentKenya
- Startup StashContributorcurrent2022 — present
- Boda CareChief Technology Officer2020 — 2021Nairobi County, Kenya
- Iconic King LtdSenior Developer2019 — 2020Nairobi County, Kenya
- CarePay InternationalSoftware Engineer2018Nairobi,Kenya
- YouTubeFreelance and Trainer2017 — 2018
Skills & more
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BloggingWeb Content WritingStart-up ConsultingManagementJavaNode.jsVue.jsReact.jsTypeScriptObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Java Certified ProgrammerChessLanguages 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)
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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 Tripitaca and Founder at Triply.
- What companies did Collins Muthinja found?
- Collins Muthinja founded Tripitaca, 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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Also attended Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)22
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