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.
GP
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 · 4
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
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
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nico Hänggi?
- 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.
- Where does Nico Hänggi work?
- Nico Hänggi is Founder of Casey.
- What companies did Nico Hänggi found?
- Nico Hänggi founded Casey.
- Where did Nico Hänggi go to school?
- Nico Hänggi studied at ETH Zürich (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); ETH Zürich (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Regionales Gymnasium Laufental-Thierstein (Mathematics and Physics).
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