About
James Bowers is co-founder and CTO at Vizzly.
Founder at VizzlyYC S22
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — 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 Vizzly's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, James can intro founders to Vizzly's investors below.
Vizzly's investors · 1
Co-founders at Vizzly
MW
Matt WilliamsonFounder
Experience
- WPPSolutions Architectcurrent2025 — present
- WPPDevelopment Lead2024 — 2025
- VizzlyCo-Founder & CTO (Acquired)2022 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- DuffelSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- BBCSoftware Engineer2016 — 2021London, United Kingdom
- ticketbuddyCo-Founder (side-project)2016 — 2017
Skills & more
Communication1Teamwork1Amazon Web Services (AWS)10PHP4React.js3Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)2JavaScript2HTML1JavaHTML51MySQLXML
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GitReact NativeAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformAndroid DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentElixirLoad TestingComputer SecurityLanguages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Bowers?
- James Bowers is co-founder and CTO at Vizzly.
- Where does James Bowers work?
- James Bowers is Founder of Vizzly.
- What companies did James Bowers found?
- James Bowers founded Vizzly.
- Where did James Bowers go to school?
- James Bowers studied at Y Combinator; Oxford Brookes University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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