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605 people in our graph share verified history with Papa — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Aydin SenkutunlockedPapa: together at Shopify (2018–2021)
×2Papa: together at Shopify
×9Papa: together at Y Combinator
About
Papa Sougou Wele is CTO at Rastro, a platform for retailer product launches.
Founder at RastroYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Papa went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Rastro's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Papa can intro founders to Rastro's investors below.
Rastro's investors · 1
Co-founders at Rastro
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Baptiste CuminFounder
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Augustin BaudoinFounder
Experience
- RastroCo-Founder & CTO2024 — 2026Londres et périphérie, Royaume-Uni
- Y CombinatorYC S24 - Founder2024San Francisco Bay Area
- ZapperSenior Software Developer2021 — 2024Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Smol Labs Inc.Senior Software Developer2021 — 2024Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- ShopifySenior software developer2020 — 2021Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- ShopifySoftware Developer2018 — 2020Montreal, Canada Area
- GenetecSoftware Developer2013 — 2018Saint-Laurent
- Viascan Inc.Software Developer2011 — 2013Région de Montréal, Canada
- Utopia Image incTechnical Support Supervisor2008 — 2011Montreal, Canada Area
- SitelTechnical Support Specialist2007New Brunswick, Canada
- Université de MonctonTeaching Assistant2007New Brunswick, Canada
Skills & more
C#6Visual Studio7Java10C++3.NET2Microsoft SQL ServerBase de donnéesVisual Basic .NET (VB.NET)1
Languages Anglais · Français
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Papa Sougou Wele?
- Papa Sougou Wele is CTO at Rastro, a platform for retailer product launches.
- Where does Papa Sougou Wele work?
- Papa Sougou Wele is Founder of Rastro.
- What companies did Papa Sougou Wele found?
- Papa Sougou Wele founded Rastro.
- Where did Papa Sougou Wele go to school?
- Papa Sougou Wele studied at Y Combinator (Rastro (S24)); Polytechnique Montréal (Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering).
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Polytechnique Montréal mafia22
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rastro2
Also worked at Y Combinator428
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