About
Gregory Makodzeba founded Rektoff, a security systems company, and previously led developer relations at Runtime Verification. He studied aviation management and computer science, and grew up in a family distribution business.
Founder at ProxYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Gregory went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Prox's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gregory can intro founders to Prox's investors below.
Prox's investors · 2
Co-founders at Prox
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Dima YanovskyFounder
Experience
- ProxFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Runtime Verification IncAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- Runtime Verification IncHead of Developer Relations2024 — 2025
- RektoffChief Executive Officercurrent2023 — present
- ODFFellow2025San Francisco Bay Area
- SokenFounder2021 — 2023
- Georgian CollegeResearch Fellow2020Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
Product Development8Deep LearningDeep Reinforcement Learning3Security1Artificial Neural NetworksRecurrent Neural Networks (RNN)Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)Transformers1Blockchain4Business Strategy1Developer Tools2Business Planning
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Business AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentFormal VerificationResearch SkillsCybersecurityMentoringBlockchain SecuritySolidityDecentralized Applications (DApps)EthereumSmart ContractsPython (Programming Language)- Intro to Deep Learning — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Using Python to Access Web Data — Coursera
- Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra — Coursera
- Restricted Operator Certificate-Aeronautical — Government of Canada
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gregory Makodzeba?
- Gregory Makodzeba founded Rektoff, a security systems company, and previously led developer relations at Runtime Verification. He studied aviation management and computer science, and grew up in a family distribution business.
- Where does Gregory Makodzeba work?
- Gregory Makodzeba is Founder of Prox.
- What companies did Gregory Makodzeba found?
- Gregory Makodzeba founded Prox.
- Where did Gregory Makodzeba go to school?
- Gregory Makodzeba studied at Y Combinator (F25); Georgian College (Aviation Management / Computer Science); National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Software Engineering).
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National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' mafia3
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