About
Hemang Kandwal previously worked at Palantir and in financial services, where he developed multiple proof-of-concept projects. He is now building Clidey.
Founder at ClideyYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Hemang went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Clidey's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Hemang can intro founders to Clidey's investors below.
Clidey's investors · 1
Co-founders at Clidey
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Anguel HristozovFounder
Experience
- ClideyFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentGreater London
- Palumni VCAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Palantir TechnologiesFull Stack Engineer2022 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Software Engineer2020 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- Google Developers Group GlasgowFounder and Organizer2017 — 2020Glasgow, United Kingdom
- CranewareSoftware Engineer2019Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Summer Analyst2019Glasgow, United Kingdom
- CranewareSoftware Apprentice2019Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Morgan StanleySummer Analyst2018Glasgow, United Kingdom
- The Prince & Princess of Wales HospiceApp Developer2017 — 2018Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Spring Technology Insight Intern2018Glasgow, United Kingdom
- CarcelaCo-founder and CTO2016 — 2017Glasgow, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Javascript1Node.jsJava2Leadership16Programming14Web Development12Research7Mobile Applications3Customer Service3
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer — The Linux Foundation
From Hemang's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hemang Kandwal?
- Hemang Kandwal previously worked at Palantir and in financial services, where he developed multiple proof-of-concept projects. He is now building Clidey.
- Where does Hemang Kandwal work?
- Hemang Kandwal is Founder of Clidey.
- What companies did Hemang Kandwal found?
- Hemang Kandwal founded Clidey.
- Where did Hemang Kandwal go to school?
- Hemang Kandwal studied at Y Combinator; The University of Edinburgh (BSc. Artificial intelligence and Computer Science, Tecnology); University of Glasgow (BSc. Computing Science, Technology).
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