About
Founder and CEO of Casco, a platform that provides automated security scanning to identify code vulnerabilities.
Founder at CascoYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Rene went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Casco's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Rene can intro founders to Casco's investors below.
Casco's investors · 2
Co-founders at Casco
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Ian SaultzFounder & CTO
Experience
- Casco (YC X25)Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Head of Product2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Principal Product Manager - Technical2022 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Senior Product Manager - Technical2020 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- MicrosoftProgram Manager 22018 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftProgram Manager2016 — 2018Prague, Czechia
- PrismaProduct Manager2016Berlin
- enCourage Labs UG (haftungsbeschränkt)Founder & Product Manager2014 — 2016Karlsruhe Area, Germany
- MicrosoftProgram Manager Intern2015Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)Software Engineering Tutor2015Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)Software Developer2014 — 2015Karlsruhe Area, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / University of Karlsruhe (TH)Software Developer Internship2013Karlsruhe Area, Germany
Skills & more
C#16Java13Visual Studio10C++8OpenGL2Git7Microsoft Office8Adobe Creative Suite5C3Software Engineering7Eclipse2MySQL1
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Software DevelopmentProject ManagementProgrammingWindowsPythonJavaScriptScrumLanguages Chinese · English · French · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rene Brandel?
- Founder and CEO of Casco, a platform that provides automated security scanning to identify code vulnerabilities.
- Where does Rene Brandel work?
- Rene Brandel is Founder of Casco.
- What companies did Rene Brandel found?
- Rene Brandel founded Casco.
- Where did Rene Brandel go to school?
- Rene Brandel studied at Y Combinator (X25 batch); Harvard University (Master of Liberal Arts, Extension Studies); University of Washington (Certificate, Business Administration and Management).
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University of Washington mafia114
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) mafia23
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Shared employers
Also worked at Casco (YC X25)1
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Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesKen HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital PartnersEliya ElonInvestor at Notable Capital
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Also worked at Microsoft1,188
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