Douwe Osinga
InvestorFounderGoose OSS lead at Block Inc · Founder at Neptyne
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
FoundedNeptyne · YC
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About
Douwe Osinga founded four companies and previously worked at Google. He has interests in travel and has lived in multiple countries.
Founder at NeptyneYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Douwe went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Neptyne's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Neptyne
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Jack AmadeoFounder
Experience
- BlockGoose OSS leadcurrent2024 — present
- O'Reilly MediaAuthorcurrent2018 — present
- NeptyneFounder2022 — 2024New York, United States
- Sidewalk LabsSenior Director Of Engineering2017 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- TriposoCEO & Founder2011 — 2016Berlin Metropolitan Area
- GoogleStaff Software Engineer2008 — 2011Greater Sydney Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2008Greater Hyderabad Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2004 — 2008Zurich, Switzerland
- World66Founder2000 — 2004
Skills & more
iPhonePython28HTML 52jQuery1JavaScript8Ruby on Rails5CSS1MySQL1PHP1Node.jsDjango3Thinking Outside The Box3
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Online AdvertisingUser ExperienceWeb DevelopmentUsabilityScalabilitySoftware EngineeringAgile MethodologiesDigital StrategyMobile ApplicationsSoftware DevelopmentAwesomenessLanguages Dutch · English · French · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Douwe Osinga?
- Douwe Osinga founded four companies and previously worked at Google. He has interests in travel and has lived in multiple countries.
- Where does Douwe Osinga work?
- Douwe Osinga is Founder of Neptyne and Goose OSS lead at Block Inc.
- What companies did Douwe Osinga found?
- Douwe Osinga founded Neptyne.
- Where did Douwe Osinga go to school?
- Douwe Osinga studied at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (Master’s Degree, Artificial Intelligence); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (Master's degree, Philosophy); Eerste Christelijk Lyceum.
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