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John Cwikla

Founder

Founder at Puzzle

San Francisco, California, United States

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Kanyi MaqubelaunlockedJohn: together at Doostang (2007–2008)
×3John: together at Brio Technology
×2John: together at Biz360
John: together at Doostang

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Puzzle's investors · 11

Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2023Fjor FoundersLos Angeles · since 2023FOG Venturessince 2023General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2023Kapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checks · since 2023On DeckSan Francisco · since 2023S32Palo Alto · since 2023Sterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K checks · since 2023Two Culture Capitalsince 2023Village GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checks · since 2023XYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Puzzle

SOSasha Orloff
Sasha OrloffFounder

Experience

  1. selfTech Guy/Startup Builder/Advisor/Investorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. PuzzleAdvisorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco
  3. PuzzleCTO & Cofoundercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. CruitzFounder2017 — 2018San Francisco
  5. ArgusCamFounder2016 — 2017San Francisco
  6. The Giant Pixel CorporationFounder and Partner2012 — 2016San Francisco
  7. HelloBitAdvisor2014 — 2016
  8. NamaFounder2014 — 2015San Francisco, CA
  9. GrovoAdvisor2014 — 2015
  10. Radius IntelligenceVP Engineering2010 — 2012San Francisco, CA
  11. TelloCTO/Founder2010
  12. GameLayersCTO2009
  13. DoostangCTO / VP Engineering2007 — 2008
  14. Geni.comTechnical Advisor2006 — 2008
  15. xoom.comCTO / VP Engineering2004 — 2007
  16. Biz360Backend Engineering Manager2002 — 2004
  17. SynovialSenior Software Engineer2001
  18. YahooTechnical Yahoo!2000 — 2001
  19. eGroupsSenior Engineer2000
  20. Brio TechnologyLead X Engineer1999 — 2000
  21. Wolfram Research IncLead X Engineer1992 — 1999

Skills & more

Ruby on RailsXMLArchitectureC++OOPDatabasesSocial NetworkingDebuggingTCP/IPWindowsTeam BuildingThreads
+12 moreSMTPProcess ImprovementFinancial ServicesScalabilityMySQLAgile MethodologiesLinuxSoftware EngineeringSaaSMobile DevicesStart-upsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages C · English · Python · Ruby

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Who is John Cwikla?
Founder at Puzzle
Where does John Cwikla work?
John Cwikla is Founder of Puzzle.
What companies did John Cwikla found?
John Cwikla founded Puzzle.
Where did John Cwikla go to school?
John Cwikla studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (CS/Math).

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