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Femi Aluko

Founder

Founder at Chowdeck

Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria

FoundedChowdeck · YC

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) — 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 — the partner who ran Chowdeck's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Femi can intro founders to Chowdeck's investors below.

Chowdeck's investors · 8

Brighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checks · since 2025GFR FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025HoaQ$25K – $350K checks · since 2025Novastar VenturesLondon · since 2025Palm Drive CapitalNew York · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Rocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Velocity DigitalLagos · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Chowdeck

OOOlumide Ojo
Olumide OjoFounder
LYLanre Yusuf
Lanre YusufFounder

Experience

  1. ChowdeckCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentLagos, Nigeria
  2. PaystackPrincipal Engineer2020 — 2022Lagos, Nigeria
  3. PaystackTechnical Lead, Payment Rails Engineering2020Lagos, Nigeria
  4. PaystackEngineering Manager, Backend Core Engineering2019Lagos, Nigeria
  5. PaystackSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2019Ikeja
  6. Shopping Internet ServicesTeam Lead2016 — 2017Lekki
  7. HutbaySoftware Developer2015 — 2016Lagos
  8. Softblue Nigeria LimitedSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015Lagos
  9. Toptech Engineering LtdIntern, Field Supports and Project Department2013 — 2014Lagos

Skills & more

C#7ASP.NET MVC1HTML57CSS4JavaScript8Java16HTML12Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)3PHP3MySQL8Microsoft SQL Server3Linux4
+12 moreSQLWindowsXMLWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)Operational EfficiencySoftware DevelopmentProgrammingMathematicsAlgorithmsSoftware Architectural DesignASP.NET Web APIProject Management

From Femi's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Femi Aluko?
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.
Where does Femi Aluko work?
Femi Aluko is Founder of Chowdeck.
What companies did Femi Aluko found?
Femi Aluko founded Chowdeck.
Where did Femi Aluko go to school?
Femi Aluko studied at Obafemi Awolowo University (Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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