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Lucas Schneider

Founder

Co-Founder and CTO at Catamaran

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedCatamaran · YC

About

Lucas Schneider has worked in credit securitization at Barclays in London and held a research leadership position at a web3 hedge fund focused on infrastructure and decentralized finance. He is pursuing a PhD in machine learning for gene editing from Oxford.

LinkedIn ↗

Co-Founder and CTO at CatamaranYC S23

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Catamaran's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Catamaran's investors below.

Catamaran's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Catamaran

BABenedict Altier
Benedict AltierFounder

Experience

  1. CatX CapitalCo-Founder and CTO2023 — 2025
  2. Walden Bridge CapitalHead of Research2021 — 2023
  3. Barclays Investment BankAnalyst Credit Structuring Solutions2020 — 2021London, United Kingdom
  4. McKinsey & CompanyIntern Risk Practice2019Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany
  5. Barclays Investment BankSummer Analyst Trading & Structuring2019London, United Kingdom
  6. Deutsche BankSummer Analyst Global Markets2018Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany
  7. Diehl GroupIntern Group Controlling and Group Treasury2018Nürnberg Area, Germany
  8. KPMGIntern Deal Advisory - Valuation2017Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

Education

  1. University of OxfordDPhil, Computer Science
  2. Y CombinatorS23
  3. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Master of Science (MSc), Finance2018 — 2019
  4. FAU Erlangen-NürnbergBachelor of Arts (BA), Economics and Business2015 — 2018

Skills & more

Finance2Trading1Trading StrategiesData ScienceStatisticsRisk ManagementMachine LearningFront-end DevelopmentSolidityMicrosoft Office8Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)6Python9
+10 moreRSPSSBloombergMATLABPython (Programming Language)C++HTMLJavaScriptLeadershipStructuring

Languages English · French · German

  • Machine Learning Scientist with Python — DataCamp
  • AWS Fundamentals: Going Cloud-Native (by AWS) — Coursera
  • Python for Financial Analysis and Algorithmic Trading — Udemy
  • Machine Learning (by Stanford University) — Coursera

From Lucas's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford745

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index 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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Also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)830

Lee FixelFounder of AdditionPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalCyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesSofia DolfeInvestor at Index VenturesJonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesLavinia FerriAssociate at P101 Ventures

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Also attended FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg19

Bernhard KöhlerInvestment Director and Authorised Signatory at Bayern KapitalJannis ChoulidisManaging Partner at BlockwallFlorian BreinerOperating Partner, Growth at FoodLabsReinhard VoelkelInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsChristian SchadVenture Partner at AuxxoChristian KrollVenture Partner at World Fund

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Shared employers

Also worked at CatX Capital1

Musaab HakamiVenture Partner at VentureSouq

Also worked at Barclays Investment Bank195

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundThomas RubensInvestor at DN CapitalKerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera CapitalJohn McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersKeith RobinsonSenior Advisor at Oxx

+ 189 more

Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,203

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

+ 1,197 more

Also worked at Deutsche Bank441

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkFunmi GarrickFinance and Operations at Impact America FundGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJeppe ZinkPartner at NorthzoneDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalJavier BorreroSenior Director at Inveready Technology Investment Group

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