Find your path to Merlin
1,422 people in our graph share verified history with Merlin — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Jamie MontgomeryunlockedMerlin: together at Tessian (2021–2022)
Merlin: together at Tessian
×9Merlin: together at Y Combinator
Merlin: together at DTU - Technical University of Denmark
About
Merlin spent four years as Chief Product Officer at Sequence, an order-to-cash platform, before founding Rex. He previously held a product management role at Tessian and studied Industrial Engineering at Cambridge and Product Design at Glasgow.
Founder at RexYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Merlin went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Vivian Midha Shen — the partner who ran Rex's batch and knows the company first-hand.
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In turn, Merlin can intro founders to Rex's investors below.
Rex's investors · 3
Co-founders at Rex
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Lewis BlackwoodFounder
Experience
- Rex.incCo-founder & CEOcurrent2026 — present
- SequenceCPO (AR & Quote to cash)2025Region London, Vereinigtes Königreich
- SequenceHead of Product (AR & Quote to cash)2022 — 2025Grande Londra
- TessianProduct Manager (Enterprise AI)2019 — 2022Region London, Vereinigtes Königreich
- Legal SphereProduct Manager2018 — 2019Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of CambridgeIndustrial Consultant2017 — 2018Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Re-system.coFounder2016 — 2018Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coco ChocolatierProject Manager2017Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- LEAP TechnologyVenture Competition2016Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
- Allianz InsuranceIntern2012 — 2013Shanghai City, China
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Finance OperationsEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Accounts Receivable (AR)Order to CashTessian Architect6Engineering18Product Design33Project Management6Concept Development11CAD8Industrial Design4
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Social MediaPhotographyDesign ManagementRapid PrototypingOperations ManagementGraphic DesignProduct DevelopmentUser ExperienceSupply Chain ManagementCAD/CAMPhotoshopSolidWorksLanguages English · German
- Mastering Product Management — Reforge
- Professional Scrum Master — Scrum.org
- Data Science & Machine Learning in Python (14 Courses, 5h each) — DataCamp
- Machine Learning - Stanford University - Coursera online course — Coursera
From Merlin's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Merlin Kafka?
- Merlin spent four years as Chief Product Officer at Sequence, an order-to-cash platform, before founding Rex. He previously held a product management role at Tessian and studied Industrial Engineering at Cambridge and Product Design at Glasgow.
- Where does Merlin Kafka work?
- Merlin Kafka is Founder of Rex.
- What companies did Merlin Kafka found?
- Merlin Kafka founded Rex.
- Where did Merlin Kafka go to school?
- Merlin Kafka studied at University of Cambridge (Masters, Industrial Systems); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (Exchange semester, Product Development); DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Exchange semester, Product Development).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of Cambridge mafia589
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Stewart ButterfieldMPhilFounded Flickr +1Demis HassabisBAFounded Google Deepmind +2C. Giovanni TraversoMBFounded Teal Bio +4Immad AkhundMaster of Arts (M.A.)Founded Mercury Technologies, Inc. +3Inaki BerenguerMasterFounded InfiniteWatch +2Harish AgarwalMaster of Philosophy - MPhilFounded Nori +2
+ 582 more
Nanyang Technological University Singapore mafia92
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Lip-Bu TanBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Walden Catalyst +2Mike MoradiExecutive EducationFounded Southwest Nanotechnologies +1ZJ LinBachelor of EngineeringFounded Landeed +1Walter PintorMaster's DegreeFounded Syncware +1Stefan Seltz-AxmacherBusinessFounded Polymath Robotics +1Toni RosinolVisiting StudentFounded Stack AI +1
+ 85 more
University of Strathclyde mafia21
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sunil MadhuBSc.Founded Instnt +1ThomasLLMFounded Acadian VenturesNaysan MunusamyMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded MoneyMatch Sdn BhdPille TingBAFounded RidangoHerty TammoBAFounded RidangoFinbarr TaylorMaster of Engineering with distinctionFounded Shogun
+ 14 more
Tessian mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Paul Sanglé-FerrièreAssociate Product ManagerFounded Workflow +1Piotr DabkowskiSoftware EngineerFounded Eleven Labs +1Ramin SayarMember Board Of DirectorsFounded Sumo LogicScott SageSeed InvestorFounded CraneChris MansfieldGTM & ProductFounded GoodCourseBen FreemanBusiness DevelopmentFounded Omnea list view
+ 3 more
Same school
Also attended University of Cambridge1,581
Stewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrDemis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindNiko BonatsosFounder and Managing Partner of VerdictGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesLeah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray Ventures
+ 1,575 more
Also attended Nanyang Technological University Singapore299
Angela ToyPartner & COO at Golden Gate VenturesKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalA.J. AldanaHead of Ecosystem at Scale Venture PartnersShaun WeeAVP at Kaizen Private EquityMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesGenping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.
+ 293 more
Also attended DTU - Technical University of Denmark139
Lars PedersenPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Redpoint VenturesClaus AnderssonGeneral Partner at Sunstone CapitalKartik KashyapStudent Assistant at Sunstone CapitalChris PorsgaardPartner at SEED Capital DenmarkStephan ChristgauFounding Partner at EIR VenturesOtto SilvennoinenAsset Manager, Real Estate at Innovestor Ventures
+ 133 more
Also attended University of Strathclyde129
ThomasGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcAdarsh GiriInvestment Associate at Blockchain CoinvestorsRob DesboroughGeneral Partner and Chair of Seraphim Space Accelerator at Seraphim SpaceRupert LyleInvestment Director at Future Planet CapitalRoss StrachanInvestor at Adara VenturesYoussef HounatAdvisor at Curiosity VC
+ 123 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Rex.inc1
Also worked at Tessian20
Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalJamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersRamin SayarVenture Partner at DFJTom SheridanVP on RTP Global's US teamScott SageCo-Founder and Partner at Crane Venture PartnersMorgane ZerathInvestor at Crane Venture Partners
+ 14 more
Also worked at Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge9
Andy NeelyVice Chair at Cambridge Innovation CapitalStefan KrstevskiAnalyst at Inovo VCTony RavenChair of Board and Consultation Committee at UK Innovation & Science Seed FundEmmanouela PetsolariFounder at ACXDouglas BrionFounder at MattaNick HazellFounder & CEO at Algenie
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