About
Olumide Ojo is co-founder and CTO of Chowdeck. He previously held technical and engineering leadership roles including Principal Engineer at Paystack, with experience across fintech in Africa spanning backend, frontend, and broader technical infrastructure.
Founder at ChowdeckYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Olumide went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Chowdeck's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Olumide can intro founders to Chowdeck's investors below.
Chowdeck's investors · 8
Co-founders at Chowdeck
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Femi AlukoFounder
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Lanre YusufFounder
Experience
- ChowdeckCo-Founder/CTOcurrent2021 — presentLagos State, Nigeria
- PaystackPrincipal Engineer2020 — 2022Lagos
- PaystackTechnical Lead2020
- PaystackFrontend Engineer2018 — 2020Lagos
- PiTech Global ServicesWebsite Developer2014 — 2018
- Qlick.com.ngEditor2015Nigeria
- Aircomm Nigeria LimitedIntern2010 — 2011Lagos, Nigeria
Education
- Obafemi Awolowo UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering2006 — 2012
Skills & more
Management2Strategic Planning2Team Leadership1Customer Service9HTML10JavaScript9CSS3WordPressWeb Design1After EffectsMeteorAmazon Web Services (AWS)
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Digital MediaIonic JSHybrid Mobile AppsRESTful WebServicesReact.jsBusiness StrategyMicrosoft OfficeResearchWeb DevelopmentMicrosoft ExcelWindowsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)From Olumide's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Obafemi Awolowo University30
Gbenga AjayiPartner, Head of Africa and Middle East at QED InvestorsOluwatofunmi IdowuVenture Analyst at LoftyInc CapitalAugustine IkwuegbuenyiInvestment Associate at Chui VenturesMohan MarkandaierManaging Partner at Good News VenturesOpeyemi OdeleyeVenture Partner at Consonance Investment ManagersTokunboh IshmaelManaging Partner at Alitheia Capital
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