About
Nico Hänggi is a computer science graduate from ETH Zurich who previously served as tech lead at Grape, a Swiss insurtech company, and is now co-founder of Casey.
Founder at CaseyYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Nico went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Casey's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Nico can intro founders to Casey's investors below.
Casey's investors · 1
Co-founders at Casey
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Maximilian ThoelenFounder
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Pascal KüngFounder
Experience
- Casey (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- grape insuranceSoftware Engineer, Backend2023 — 2025Zurich, Switzerland
- grape insuranceSoftware Engineer, Full-Stack2022 — 2023Zurich, Switzerland
- beyond corporation gmbhFounder & Lead Developer2016 — 2025Basel
- Caplena AGBackend Engineer2021 — 2022Zurich, Switzerland
- Kickmoji LLCBackend Engineer2018 — 2019
- Helvetia Versicherungen SchweizSoftware Engineer2016Basel Area, Switzerland
- SennheiserWeb Developer2015Zürich Area, Switzerland
Education
- ETH ZürichMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science2021 — 2022
- ETH ZürichBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2017 — 2020
- Regionales Gymnasium Laufental-ThiersteinMathematics and Physics2012 — 2015
Skills & more
XMPP1Express.js1TypeScript1Node.js2React.js2JavaScript4SASS1Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)1HTML51Objective-C1Swift2Java1
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PHPReact NativeGraphQLGitJSONJSON Web Token (JWT)OAuth 2REST APIsRESTful WebServicesMongoDBLanguages English · French · German
- TOEFL iBT - 118/120 — TOEFL
- Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) — Cambridge English
From Nico's professional profile.
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Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesSteve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaurin DaiInvestment Manager, Physical AI & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures AgChristoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMax HeftiInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
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