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Emmanuel Igbodudu

Founder

Founder at Waza

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedWaza · YC

About

Emmanuel Igbodudu is a software engineer who previously held senior positions at Revolut, where he worked on the vaults product, and at fintech companies including Fairmoney, Carbon, and TeamApt.

Founder at WazaYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Emmanuel 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Waza's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Emmanuel can intro founders to Waza's investors below.

Waza's investors · 6

Dunbar CapitalCambridge · $25K – $1M checksFlucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksKube VCOlive Tree CapitalBostonVelocity DigitalLagosY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Waza

MOMaxwell Obi
Maxwell ObiFounder

Experience

  1. Waza (YC W23)Co-founder and CTOcurrent2023 — present
  2. RevolutSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  3. RevolutTech lead, Savings2021 — 2023
  4. RevolutSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. FairMoneySenior Software engineer (Technical Lead)2020
  6. One Finance & InvestmentSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2020Lagos, Nigeria
  7. TeamApt Inc. (now Moniepoint Inc)Technical Product Manager2018 — 2019Lagos
  8. TeamApt Inc. (now Moniepoint Inc)Software Engineer2018 — 2019Lagos
  9. Firstlincoln TechnologiesFull Stack Web Developer2015 — 2018Lagos, Nigeria

Skills & more

JavaScript14Java17Kotlin2PHP7Laravel1React.js6Vue.js1React Native1Spring MVC4Node.js1AngularJS5SQL
+12 moreFlutterMongoDBDockerAmazon Web Services (AWS)Figma (Software)PostgreSQLRubyRuby on RailsWeb DevelopmentDatabase DesignTest Driven DevelopmentWeb Applications

Languages English · French

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Emmanuel Igbodudu?
Emmanuel Igbodudu is a software engineer who previously held senior positions at Revolut, where he worked on the vaults product, and at fintech companies including Fairmoney, Carbon, and TeamApt.
Where does Emmanuel Igbodudu work?
Emmanuel Igbodudu is Founder of Waza.
What companies did Emmanuel Igbodudu found?
Emmanuel Igbodudu founded Waza.
Where did Emmanuel Igbodudu go to school?
Emmanuel Igbodudu studied at Y Combinator; University of Benin (Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical/Electronics Engineering).

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Shared employers

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