About
Daniel Ruhman studied cognitive science at UC Berkeley and computer engineering in Brazil before leaving university to focus on entrepreneurship. For the past 2.5 years, he has worked with low-income households and gig economy workers in Brazil, with background experience in software development.
Founder at CumbucaYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Cumbuca's investors below.
Experience
- INIT - Associação dos Iniciadores de Transação de PagamentoMembro Fundador e Conselheirocurrent2022 — present
- CumbucaFoundercurrent2021 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- UmHelp (pivot: Comadre)Founder2019 — 2021
- Numbrs Personal Finance AGSoftware Developer Internship2017Zurich, Switzerland
Skills & more
Python6Swift6Data Analysis5Objective-C1Go1Python (Programming Language)2Leadership2Entrepreneurship2Social Entrepreneurship2Business Analysis1Team Building2Recruiting1
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FinTechBusiness StrategyLanguages English · Portuguese
- Dy/Dx — Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Product Sprint — Section
- Behavior Design — Aprender Design
- Astella Expert Network: Product Track — Astella
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Ruhman?
- Daniel Ruhman studied cognitive science at UC Berkeley and computer engineering in Brazil before leaving university to focus on entrepreneurship. For the past 2.5 years, he has worked with low-income households and gig economy workers in Brazil, with background experience in software development.
- Where does Daniel Ruhman work?
- Daniel Ruhman is Founder of Cumbuca.
- What companies did Daniel Ruhman found?
- Daniel Ruhman founded Cumbuca.
- Where did Daniel Ruhman go to school?
- Daniel Ruhman studied at Y Combinator; Latitud (LC1 Fellow, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Engineer’s Degree - Not Completed, Computer Engineering).
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