About
Jose Varela is a two-time founder and CTO with experience in B2B wholesale logistics and B2C ecommerce and payment processing.
Founder/CTO at CuantoYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Jose went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jose can intro founders to Cuanto's investors below.
Cuanto's investors · 3
Co-founders at Cuanto
FE
Felipe EchandiFounder
JL
Jorge L GarcíaFounder
Experience
- CuantoCo-CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- CuantoCTO & Co-Founder2018 — 2024
- ubiquameCTO2013 — 2018Panama
- ubiquameCo-Founder2012 — 2013Panama City, Panama
Skills & more
Web Development26Programming17Entrepreneurship20Software Development5Fundraising1Software Design1Google App Engine1Product Development2API Development1Heroku1Software Engineering1Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)1
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Application Lifecycle ManagementContinuous IntegrationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)continuous integrationAgile TestingTestingSystem TestingPythonRuby on RailsJavaScriptCSSRubyLanguages English · French · Portuguese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jose Varela?
- Jose Varela is a two-time founder and CTO with experience in B2B wholesale logistics and B2C ecommerce and payment processing.
- Where does Jose Varela work?
- Jose Varela is Founder/CTO of Cuanto.
- What companies did Jose Varela found?
- Jose Varela founded Cuanto.
- Where did Jose Varela go to school?
- Jose Varela studied at Y Combinator (W19); University of Pennsylvania (BA/BS, Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business).
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