Fundraising Fox

Grant Fuhr

Founder

Founder at DGI Apparel

New York, New York, United States

FoundedDGI Apparel · YC

About

Grant Fuhr is co-founder and CTO of DGI Apparel. He previously worked as a software engineer at Datadog on distributed systems and holds a degree in computer science from MIT.

Founder at DGI ApparelYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Grant went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran DGI Apparel's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Grant can intro founders to DGI Apparel's investors below.

DGI Apparel's investors · 2

Neer Venture Partners$25K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at DGI Apparel

IHIan Hinkley
Ian HinkleyFounder
DSDaniel Shkreli
Daniel ShkreliFounder

Experience

  1. Standard Template LabsTechnically a Member of Staffcurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
  2. DGI ApparelCo-Founder and CTO2023 — 2025New York, New York, United States
  3. DatadogSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  4. SyngentaFull Stack Software Developer2020
  5. Quinda CoNetwork Intern2020
  6. Hyperchain TechnologiesSummer Intern2019Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  7. Lippert ComponentsInformation Technology Intern2018Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Skills & more

BazelPython (Programming Language)CC#RJavaJavaScriptMongoDBNode.jsStrapi.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Kubernetes
+3 moreGo (Programming Language)Database AdministrationSoftware Development

Languages Italian · Mandarin Chinese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Grant Fuhr?
Grant Fuhr is co-founder and CTO of DGI Apparel. He previously worked as a software engineer at Datadog on distributed systems and holds a degree in computer science from MIT.
Where does Grant Fuhr work?
Grant Fuhr is Founder of DGI Apparel.
What companies did Grant Fuhr found?
Grant Fuhr founded DGI Apparel.
Where did Grant Fuhr go to school?
Grant Fuhr studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science).

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Shared employers

Also worked at DGI Apparel1

Ian HinkleyFounder at DGI Apparel

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