Where does Hannes Furmans work?

Hannes Furmans is Founder of Stillwind.

What companies did Hannes Furmans found?

Hannes Furmans founded Stillwind.

Where did Hannes Furmans go to school?

Hannes Furmans studied at ETH Zürich (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Informatik); Y Combinator (Founder, W25); Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Ettlingen (Abitur, Physik).

Hannes Furmans

Founder

Founder at Stillwind

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

FoundedStillwind · YC

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About

Hannes Furmans studied computer science at ETH Zürich and contributed to open source development on libp2p before co-founding Stillwind, where he serves as CTO.

Founder at Stillwind YC W25

Intro paths

Hannes went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Stillwind's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Hannes can intro founders to Stillwind's investors below.

Stillwind's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Stillwind

Linus MeierhöferFounder

Lukas EgoFounder

Josef ZollerFounder

Experience

Stillwind (YC W25)Chief Technology Officer & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
Nautilus Smart Systems UG (haftungsbeschränkt)CTO and Cofounder2023 — 2024Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Filecoin FoundationSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024
WEBER-HYDRAULIK GMBHEmbedded Software Ingenieur2020Güglingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
FeldfreudeSoftwareingenieur2020Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Skills & more

Field Programmable Gate ArraysFirewalls2Network Address Translation (NAT)2Open Source Development2Embedded DevicesTypeScriptVimEmacsHaskellGoRaspberry PiP2P

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Hannes Furmans?: Hannes Furmans studied computer science at ETH Zürich and contributed to open source development on libp2p before co-founding Stillwind, where he serves as CTO.
Where does Hannes Furmans work?: Hannes Furmans is Founder of Stillwind.
What companies did Hannes Furmans found?: Hannes Furmans founded Stillwind.
Where did Hannes Furmans go to school?: Hannes Furmans studied at ETH Zürich (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Informatik); Y Combinator (Founder, W25); Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Ettlingen (Abitur, Physik).

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