Where does Idan Shahar work?

Idan Shahar is Founder of Wand Solar.

What companies did Idan Shahar found?

Idan Shahar founded Wand Solar.

Where did Idan Shahar go to school?

Idan Shahar studied at Y Combinator (Summer Batch 2022 (S22)); ORT Colleges (Computer Science Technician, Computer Engineering).

Idan Shahar

Founder

Founder at Wand Solar

Israel

FoundedWand Solar · YC

About

Idan Shahar is a backend developer with experience in cloud native architecture and application modernization. He has worked with developers and executives on cloud infrastructure projects, with expertise in Kubernetes and related technologies.

Founder at Wand Solar YC S22

Intro paths

Idan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Idan can intro founders to Wand Solar's investors below.

Wand Solar's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Wand Solar

Itai PeriFounder

Experience

ReplaiCo-founder - CPO & BDcurrent2025 — present
Wand SolarCo-founder - CEO & CPOcurrent2023 — present
RelyOnHead of Operations & AI (Freelance)2025
AlleroCo-founder - CEO & CPO2021 — 2022
MicrosoftStartup Strategy for Services Partners (MEA HQ)2020 — 2021
MicrosoftTechnical BizDev for ISVs in MEA2019 — 2020MEA
MicrosoftCloud Solutions Architect2017 — 2019Israel
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.Mobile Threat Prevention Java Software Engineer2016 — 2017
MamramTechnologist & Developer at CoE (Center of Excellence)2014 — 2016
MamramApp Developer and Deputy Team Leader of OM Monitoring Services Administration & Development team2012 — 2014
DNR Bio Imaging systemsSoftware Engineer2011 — 2012

Skills & more

Containers2Software Development19Android Development6Object Oriented Design5Software Design4OOP3System Architecture3Algorithms2Design Patterns1Programming1Software Engineering2entrepreneur1

+12 more

Cloud ComputingCloud DevelopmentKubernetesDevOpsHP Operations ManagerTurbo CHP OpenviewIOTMicrosoft AzureLinuxC#SQL

Microsoft Certified Trainer 2021-2022 — Microsoft
OpenHack: Containers Coach — Microsoft OpenHack
OpenHack: Containers Coach — Microsoft OpenHack
Hackathon Leader Platinum — Microsoft
OpenHack: Containers — Microsoft OpenHack
AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions — Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert — Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate — Microsoft
Microsoft Global Challenger — Microsoft
Event Speaker Gold — Microsoft

From Idan's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Idan Shahar?: Idan Shahar is a backend developer with experience in cloud native architecture and application modernization. He has worked with developers and executives on cloud infrastructure projects, with expertise in Kubernetes and related technologies.
Where does Idan Shahar work?: Idan Shahar is Founder of Wand Solar.
What companies did Idan Shahar found?: Idan Shahar founded Wand Solar.
Where did Idan Shahar go to school?: Idan Shahar studied at Y Combinator (Summer Batch 2022 (S22)); ORT Colleges (Computer Science Technician, Computer Engineering).