Patrick Finlay

Founder

Founder at Unflow · Founder at Solidroad

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Patrick Finlay is a co-founder and CTO at Solidroad (W25) and previously co-founded Monaru (S2019), a platform for creators to sell live classes online. He worked as a product engineer at Intercom and holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Trinity College Dublin, where his research focused on Ethereum smart contract mechanisms.

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Patrick Finlay @patjfin

Full story here: https://t.co/65fXmiMJ1b

Apr 16, 2026 · ♥ 12

Patrick Finlay @patjfin

Had a bit of fun with our Series A announcement video, hopefully starting a trend. @patrickc Stripe S-1 as Gaeilge? https://t.co/Iga1QiPaiY

Apr 16, 2026 · ♥ 145 · ⇄ 6

Patrick Finlay @patjfin

You know you're cooking when a new feature idea brings you down a rabbit hole that ends in MIT open courseware videos 👨‍🍳 https://t.co/mU1asCMpzP

Aug 18, 2025 · ♥ 8

Founder at Unflow YC S19

Intro paths

Patrick went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Unflow's investors below.

Unflow's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Unflow

David NewellFounder

Romy LynchFounder

Founder at Solidroad YC W25

Intro paths

Patrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Solidroad's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Solidroad's investors below.

Solidroad's investors · 4

First Round Capital Fjor Founders Sony Ventures Corporation Y Combinator

Co-founders at Solidroad

Mark HughesFounder

Andrew SmythDirector

Experience

SolidroadCo Founder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentDublin
MonaruCo Founder / CEO2019 — 2021
IntercomProduct Engineer2018 — 2019Dublin
BarclaycardSummer Intern2016London, United Kingdom
Deloitte IrelandTechnology Intern2015Dublin
Trinity Entrepreneurial Society (TES)STEM representative – 2014/15:2014 — 2015
Gonzaga College DublinCaptain / Head boy2012 — 2013

Education

Trinity College DublinBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering2013 — 2017
Gonzaga College2008 — 2013

Skills & more

Microsoft Office5Social Media4Research2Microsoft Excel10HTML4Photoshop1Customer Service4Public Speaking12PowerPoint3Microsoft Word5Team Leadership3Social Networking4

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TeamworkMicrosoft PowerPointTime ManagementLeadership

From Patrick's professional profile.