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Ivan Valkov

Founder

Founder at Slicker

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedSlicker · YC

About

Ivan Valkov is co-founder and CTO of Slicker, an AI-powered subscription failure recovery platform. He has held product and team leadership roles across startups and larger organizations.

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Founder at SlickerYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Ivan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Ivan can intro founders to Slicker's investors below.

Slicker's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Slicker

DPDani Penev
Dani PenevFounder

Experience

  1. SlickerChief Technology Officercurrent2023 — present
  2. Optimize All The ThingsPodcast Hostcurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  3. BlackRockVice President - Senior Software Engineer2022 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  4. SeldonSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. ImprobableSoftware Engineer2018 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
  6. Channel Shift SolutionsSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018Greater Glasgow Area
  7. ImprobableSoftware Engineering Intern2017London, United Kingdom
  8. University of GlasgowDemonstrator2016 — 2017Greater Glasgow Area
  9. The Hut GroupSoftware Engineering Intern2016Northwich

Education

  1. University of GlasgowMSci, Software Engineering2013 — 2018
  2. Y Combinator2023

Skills & more

Go9Kubernetes5SQL3Software Development5Test Driven DevelopmentSpring MVC3Java5Git6Subversion4Jenkins2Microsoft SQL Server2AngularJS2
+8 moreCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScriptDockerPythonDjangoTeamworkSpring SecurityGolang

Languages Bulgarian · English

From Ivan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Glasgow38

Andreas SchropferHead of Finance at Brighteye VenturesKelsey BolanderAssociate — Business Ops & Partner Support at Energize VenturesRob DesboroughGeneral Partner and Chair of Seraphim Space Accelerator at Seraphim SpaceNatalie JohnstonInvestment Principal at 4BIO CapitalLydia KwonVP Partnerships at DWF LabsPhilippe de LathuyLegal Counsel at Astanor Ventures

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Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Shared employers

Also worked at BlackRock174

Cyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMaddie CoughlinInvestor at DN CapitalNeil FongManaging Director Asia at Burda Principal InvestmentsAshley ValentineChief People Officer at GreycroftAnya RajaniAssociate at Sapphire Ventures

+ 168 more

Also worked at Seldon6

Julian JohnsonOperating Partner at AlbionVCNadine TorbeyInvestor at AlbionVCPedro PinheiroPrincipal at Bright Pixel CapitalAndrew J ScottFounding Partner at 7percent VenturesVin LingathotiPartner at Cambridge Innovation CapitalFederico Pirzio-BiroliFounding Partner & Chairman at Playfair Capital

Also worked at Improbable8

Javier VillamizarAdvisor at AvilaGabe CunninghamPartner at Fontinalis PartnersJavier VillamizarOperating Partner at SoftBank Vision FundBen NewsomeVP, Talent and People at Cherry VenturesPhil ChenFounding Partner, Presence Capital at Race CapitalMichal PándyFounder at MediSearch

+ 2 more

Also worked at University of Glasgow5

Natalie JohnstonInvestment Principal at 4BIO CapitalJohn CampbellEIR at Delin VenturesMilana IdrisovaInvestment Analyst at Czech Founders VCAnu MavilakandyManager, Intellectual Property Commercialisation at Swinburne Innovation StudioAldo LipaniFounder at Eloquent AI