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/CEO at NateroYC S12
Intro paths
YC
Craig went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Craig can intro founders to Natero's investors below.
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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.
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.
- What companies did Craig Soules found?
- Craig Soules founded Natero.
- 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 mafia8,773
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Carnegie Mellon University mafia231
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Shopify mafia33
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Freshworks17
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Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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