About
Nicholas Diao is founder and CEO of Omega Strategies and co-founder and chief technology officer of Coursedog, a Y Combinator company.
Founder & CTO at CoursedogYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Nicholas 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, Nicholas can intro founders to Coursedog's investors below.
Coursedog's investors · 4
Co-founders at Coursedog
JW
Justin WenigFounder
Experience
- Plasma AICo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- Omega StrategiesCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- AngelAngel Investorcurrent2018 — present
- CoursedogCo-Founder & CTO2018 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
- PayfoneData Engineer2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- Carnegie Institution for ScienceAstronomy Researcher2016 — 2017Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Communication22Python19Microsoft Excel8Data Analysis17Presentations9
Languages English · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nicholas Diao?
- Nicholas Diao is founder and CEO of Omega Strategies and co-founder and chief technology officer of Coursedog, a Y Combinator company.
- Where does Nicholas Diao work?
- Nicholas Diao is Founder & CTO of Coursedog.
- What companies did Nicholas Diao found?
- Nicholas Diao founded Coursedog.
- Where did Nicholas Diao go to school?
- Nicholas Diao studied at Columbia University (Physics); University of Oxford (Physics); Pomona College (Physics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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University of Oxford mafia290
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Columbia University mafia200
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Phillips Exeter Academy mafia28
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Pomona College mafia12
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Same school
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Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also attended University of Oxford1,229
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index Ventures
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Lauren IllovskyTalent Partner at CapitalGMark OdermanSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJun LiInvestor at Sv Tech Ventures, Inc.Shahram Seyedin-NoorFounder + Managing Partner at Civilization Ventures Management, LlcAndrew SheppardManaging Director at TRANSCENDFernando RiveraManaging Partner at BuenTrip Ventures
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Also attended Phillips Exeter Academy109
Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMichael GreeleyCo-Founder and General Partner at Flare Capital PartnersChris SaxmanDigital health entrepreneur, startup mentor, skier, fly fisherman, Steelers fanatic, Co-head of Health 2.0 Denver/Boulder ChapterMax Von PoelnitzPartner at Foothill VenturesJohn H. N. FisherFounder and Managing Partner at DFJRich AldrichFounding Partner at Longwood Fund
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Shared employers
Also worked at Angel8
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