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Igor Susmelj

Founder

Founder at Lightly

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedLightly · YC

About

Igor holds a degree in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich and has spent over five years working in machine learning, including deep learning research with published work at top-tier conferences. He previously worked as a software engineer at the Swiss stock exchange.

Founder at LightlyYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Igor went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Lightly's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Igor can intro founders to Lightly's investors below.

Lightly's investors · 5

First MomentumKarlsruhe · $216K – $1.1M checksFounderfulZurich · $108K – $1.6M checksSICTICZürichSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Experience

  1. LightlyCo-Foundercurrent2018 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  2. Unicorn LabsCo-Founder & President2016 — 2018Zürich Metropolitan Area
  3. ETH ZürichStudent Teaching Assistant2017Zurich, Switzerland
  4. SIX GroupSoftware engineer2016 — 2017F10
  5. SIX GroupSoftware engineer2015 — 2016F10
  6. AMIV an der ETHBoard Member - IT2016 — 2017Zürich und Umgebung, Schweiz

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship20Strategy16Machine Learning19Softwareentwicklung6Forschung4Computer-Vision4Product Management4C++16C8Matlab13LeadershipDesign Thinking4

Languages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Igor Susmelj?
Igor holds a degree in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich and has spent over five years working in machine learning, including deep learning research with published work at top-tier conferences. He previously worked as a software engineer at the Swiss stock exchange.
Where does Igor Susmelj work?
Igor Susmelj is Founder of Lightly.
What companies did Igor Susmelj found?
Igor Susmelj founded Lightly.
Where did Igor Susmelj go to school?
Igor Susmelj studied at ETH Zürich (Master's degree, Information technology and electrical engineering); ETH Zürich (Bachelor's degree, Information technology and electrical engineering); Gymnasium St.-Klemens (Matura).

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