About
Diogo Valdivieso is CTO at Waffle. He previously developed Battle Arena, a game that reached one million users, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from EPFL.
Founder at WaffleYC X25
Intro paths
Diogo went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — 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 Waffle's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Diogo can intro founders to Waffle's investors below.
Waffle's investors · 2
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Co-founders at Waffle
Experience
- WaffleCTO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- kitExCo-Founder2022 — 2023Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- DVDDCFounder2015 — 2021
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Diogo Valdivieso?
- Diogo Valdivieso is CTO at Waffle. He previously developed Battle Arena, a game that reached one million users, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from EPFL.
- Where does Diogo Valdivieso work?
- Diogo Valdivieso is Founder of Waffle.
- What companies did Diogo Valdivieso found?
- Diogo Valdivieso founded Waffle.
- Where did Diogo Valdivieso go to school?
- Diogo Valdivieso studied at Y Combinator; EPFL (Bachelor's degree & MSc, Computer Science); Linköping University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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