About
Femi Aluko is co-founder and CEO of Chowdeck. Previously, he was a Principal Engineer at Paystack, where he worked on core payment infrastructure and system design for high-volume transaction processing before the company's acquisition by Stripe in 2020.
Founder at ChowdeckYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Femi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Chowdeck's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Femi can intro founders to Chowdeck's investors below.
Chowdeck's investors Β· 8
Co-founders at Chowdeck
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Olumide OjoFounder
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Lanre YusufFounder
Experience
- ChowdeckCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2021 β presentLagos, Nigeria
- PaystackPrincipal Engineer2020 β 2022Lagos, Nigeria
- PaystackTechnical Lead, Payment Rails Engineering2020Lagos, Nigeria
- PaystackEngineering Manager, Backend Core Engineering2019Lagos, Nigeria
- PaystackSenior Software Engineer2017 β 2019Ikeja
- Shopping Internet ServicesTeam Lead2016 β 2017Lekki
- HutbaySoftware Developer2015 β 2016Lagos
- Softblue Nigeria LimitedSoftware Engineer2013 β 2015Lagos
- Toptech Engineering LtdIntern, Field Supports and Project Department2013 β 2014Lagos
Education
- Obafemi Awolowo UniversityBachelorβs Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering2010 β 2015
Skills & more
C#7ASP.NET MVC1HTML57CSS4JavaScript8Java16HTML12Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)3PHP3MySQL8Microsoft SQL Server3Linux4
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SQLWindowsXMLWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)Operational EfficiencySoftware DevelopmentProgrammingMathematicsAlgorithmsSoftware Architectural DesignASP.NET Web APIProject ManagementFrom Femi's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Obafemi Awolowo University30
Gbenga AjayiPartner, Head of Africa and Middle East at QED InvestorsOluwatofunmi IdowuVenture Analyst at LoftyInc CapitalAugustine IkwuegbuenyiInvestment Associate at Chui VenturesMohan MarkandaierManaging Partner at Good News VenturesOpeyemi OdeleyeVenture Partner at Consonance Investment ManagersTokunboh IshmaelManaging Partner at Alitheia Capital
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