Craig Soules
InvestorFounderPrincipal Engineer at Shopify · Founder at Springtail · Founder/CEO at Natero
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedNatero · YCSpringtail
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518 people in our graph share verified history with Craig — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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About
Craig Soules founded Natero and Springtail, a Postgres scaling solution. He holds a PhD in computer science with focus on data storage, databases, and distributed systems.
Founder at Springtail
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Founder/CEO at NateroYC S12
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Experience
- ShopifyPrincipal Engineercurrent2026 — present
- SpringtailCEO & Co-founder2023 — 2026
- FreshworksDirector - Product Management2019 — 2023San Mateo, CA
- Natero (acquired by Freshworks)Founder & CEO2012 — 2019Palo Alto, CA
- Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesPrincipal Researcher2012Palo Alto, CA
- Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesSenior Researcher2010 — 2012Palo Alto, CA
- Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesResearcher2006 — 2009Palo Alto, CA
Skills & more
Text Mining2Distributed Systems34Parallel Computing5Storage21Information Retrieval2Algorithms6Cloud Computing13System Architecture4Software Engineering11Scalability14Big Data7Computer Science7
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ProgrammingHigh Performance ComputingHadoopDatabasesEnterprise SoftwareC++LinuxFrom Craig's professional profile.
Colleagues at Shopify
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Gail Goodman
Special Advisor at Data Point Capital
Harley Finkelstein
Investor at Felicis Ventures
Jane Lee
Vice President at Sapphire Ventures
Jeremy Levine
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Lauren Nemeth
Investor at Premji Invest
Levi Malott
Advisor and coach for startup tech leadership
Lulu Cheng Meservey
Investor at Lulu Cheng Meservey
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Craig Soules?
- Craig Soules founded Natero and Springtail, a Postgres scaling solution. He holds a PhD in computer science with focus on data storage, databases, and distributed systems.
- Where does Craig Soules work?
- Craig Soules is Founder/CEO of Natero and Principal Engineer at Shopify and Founder at Springtail.
- What companies did Craig Soules found?
- Craig Soules founded Natero, Springtail.
- Where did Craig Soules go to school?
- Craig Soules studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D., Computer Science); Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Carnegie Mellon University mafia481
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Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AIJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3
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Shopify mafia58
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Tobias LütkeCEOFounded Shopify +1Max MusingUXFounded Scholarly +1Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Ian CrosbyHead of Financial ServicesFounded Bench +1Zach KochDirector of Product ManagementFounded Fixie +1Ronny LiData AnalystFounded Thredd +1
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Freshworks mafia21
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SameerDirector, Products and MarketingFounded Revvsales +1Jayakumar KarumbasalamDirector Of EngineeringFounded SuperOps +1Miguel AdãoHead of Marketing, North AmericaFounded Voler SystemsDwarak Govind ParthibanSoftware EngineerFounded s2.devAakash MahalingamSoftware Engineer InternFounded CanaryAbejith MuraliEngineering Lead - PlatformsFounded Steadwing
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Same school
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University730
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Freshworks33
Girish MathruboothamFounder of Freshworks; co-founder of Together FundShihab MuhammedFounder, CEO SurveySparrow at SeafundNishant RaoFounding Partner at Avataar Venture PartnersShekhar KiraniPartner at AccelPriya RamachandranFounding General Partner at Foster VenturesSethu ChidambaramVenture Partner at Together Fund
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Also worked at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories634
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalAyshaAdvisor at Clear Ventures
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