Find your path to Derrick
1,294 people in our graph share verified history with Derrick — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Liz Todia ZamboryunlockedDerrick: together at Y Combinator (2022)
×8Derrick: together at Intel Corporation
×3Derrick: together at Y Combinator
About
Derrick Mungai is a software engineer based in Kenya.
Founder at TendoYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Derrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Derrick can intro founders to Tendo's investors below.
Tendo's investors · 7
General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksLoftyInc CapitalHoustonLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2021Rhapsody Venture PartnersCambridge · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023Tyche PartnersLos Altos · $1M – $10M checks · since 2023Vistara GrowthVancouver · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022
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Co-founders at Tendo
Experience
- Safaricom PLCTechnical Lead2016 — 2019Nairobi
- Safaricom PLCBackend Microservices Engineer (Enterprise Integrations team)2018Nairobi
- Mobimech LimitedTechnical Team Lead2017 — 2018
- Intel CorporationIntel Software Ambasador.2016 — 2017Kenya
- MicrosoftMicrosoft Student Partners-Tech2014 — 2015Kenyatta university
Skills & more
Java4JenkinsdockerAndroid3PHP5Red Hat LinuxHTML54CSS1JavaScript3Linux2DockerContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)1
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DevOpsAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentProgrammingScrumMicroservicesKubernetesJ2MEWindows MobileContainerizationCloud ApplicationsLanguages English · Swahili
- Scrum Fundamentals — Vabro.ai and VMEdu.com (Scrum/Kanban/AI/Business Analysis/OKRs/Six Sigma/Sales and Marketing etc.)
- Kubernetes Course from a DevOps guru (Kubernetes + Docker) — Udemy
From Derrick's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Derrick Mungai?
- Derrick Mungai is a software engineer based in Kenya.
- Where does Derrick Mungai work?
- Derrick Mungai is Founder of Tendo.
- What companies did Derrick Mungai found?
- Derrick Mungai founded Tendo.
- Where did Derrick Mungai go to school?
- Derrick Mungai studied at Kenyatta University (Bsc Computer science, Computer Science); emobilis mobile training institute (mobile app development).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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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Intel Corporation mafia195
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Lip-Bu TanChief Executive OfficerFounded Walden Catalyst +2Micha Y. BreakstoneManager of the Statistical NLP groupFounded Chorus AI +2Ritik MalhotraSoftware EngineerFounded Savvy +2Amir FaintuchSenior Vice President & General ManagerFounded Hourly +1Kamesh RaghavendraIntern, Test TechnologiesFounded Geminus +1Ruban KanapathippillaiSenior Design ManagerFounded Iterate AI +1
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Kenyatta University mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Kenyatta University9
Mark NjamaExecutive Assistant at Plum Alley InvestmentsZach NgugiSenior Accountant – Client Financial Reporting at OakglenDaisy MbiukiInvestment Manager at AHL Venture PartnersVictoria NjunuKühne Foundation at i3 — Investing in Innovation AfricaAnita MwashiExecutive Assistant at Armory Square VenturesAnthony WainainaInvestment Associate at Goodwell Investments
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Shared employers
Also worked at Safaricom PLC7
Mike MbariPrincipal, Africa at The Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationOry OkollohPartner at VKAV (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures)Fredrick KiioAssociate Director - Agribusiness at Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)Trudy NatabonaCommunications Lead at GrowthAfricaFrederik BangsgaardInvestment Associate at NextGen VenturesPhelix JumaFounder at Sanifu
+ 1 more
Also worked at Intel Corporation674
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel Capital
+ 668 more
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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