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Sebastien Pahl

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder at Docker

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedDocker$1B · YC

Find your path to Sebastien

10,530 people in our graph share verified history with Sebastien — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dave MunichiellounlockedSebastien: together at GitLab (2021–2022)
×11Sebastien: together at Y Combinator

Co-Founder at DockerYC S10

Intro paths

YC

Sebastien went through Y Combinator (Summer 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Sebastien can intro founders to Docker's investors below.

Docker's investors · 24

ACE & CompanyNew York · since 2022Aglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checks · since 2022Atlassian Ventures$1M – $5M checks · since 2022Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2022Citi VenturesNew York · since 2022Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksCross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake City · since 2022Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2022In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2022Jerry YangKima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checks · since 2022Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksLowercase CapitalJackson · since 2022Mosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2022Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksSwordfish InvestmentsLondon · since 2022Tribe CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $75M checks · since 2022Tribe Capital FirstlookPalo Alto · $25K – $40M checks · since 2022Trinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checksVertex VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2022Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Singapore · $2.2M – $40M checks · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2010

Co-founders at Docker

SHSolomon Hykes
Solomon HykesFounder/CEO
KF
Kamel FounadiCo-Founder

Experience

  1. CloudflareSenior Principal Systems Engineercurrent2025 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
  2. GitLabPrincipal Product Manager2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. Opstrace, IncCo-Founder/CEO2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Red HatDirector Of Engineering2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Mesosphere, Inc.Director of Engineering2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Mesosphere, Inc.Engineering Manager2015San Francisco Bay Area
  7. CloudFlare, Inc.SRE Manager2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  8. CloudFlare, Inc.Systems Engineer2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Docker, IncCo-Founder2008 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  10. EPITECHTeacher assistant2007 — 2010
  11. INRIAR&D Developer2008
  12. Rift TechnologiesR&D Developer2007
  13. CEISDeveloper2005 — 2007

Skills & more

Python63C39Linux32Distributed Systems15Scalability10Cloud Computing11Virtualization5Shell Scripting3OOP2Software Engineering2Programming2Start-ups
+8 moreC++JavaScriptUnixGitOpen SourcePostgreSQLDatabasesRuby

Languages English · French · German

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sebastien Pahl?
Co-Founder at Docker
Where does Sebastien Pahl work?
Sebastien Pahl is Co-Founder of Docker.
What companies did Sebastien Pahl found?
Sebastien Pahl founded Docker.
Where did Sebastien Pahl go to school?
Sebastien Pahl studied at Y Combinator; Y Combinator; Epitech - L'école de l'excellence informatique (Master, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,218

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianAmbassador to the EastFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

+ 10,211 more

EPITECH - European Institute of Technology mafia22

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Guillaume LuccisanoMasterFounded Yuma AI +2Benjamin NetterFounded October +1Sam AlbaMaster's degreeFounded Mendral +1Andrea LuzzardiBachelorFounded Mendral +1Henry FontanierComputer ScienceFounded GoosebumpArnaud PorterieMasters degreeFounded Echoes HQ

+ 15 more

Université Paris Nanterre mafia11

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Patrick BertrandLicence de droitFounded CegidTom AchacheBachelor's degreeFounded UnissonRémi BouteillerHND in Electrical Engineering and Industrial ComputingFounded AICEAlix de SagazanBachelor's degreeFounded AB TastyLouis CarleLicenceFounded ShopmiumSimon ThoméEntrepreneur studentFounded Aurigin

+ 4 more

Mesosphere mafia9

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Anatoly YakovenkoSoftware EngineerFounded Solana +2Derek ChiangSoftware Engineering InternFounded Offchain labs +1Steven MihSVP WW Field OperationsFounded Across +1Timothy ChenLead Distributed Systems EngineerFounded HyperpilotAbhay AgarwalGrowth Team LeadFounded PolyAshot AyvazyanSenior Site Reliability EngineerFounded Cloudchipr

+ 2 more

GitLab mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Job van der VoortProduct ManagerFounded Remote Technology +1Danielle MorrillSenior Director, Inbound MarketingFounded Firstparty Labs +2Matt MullenwegBoard ObserverFounded Automattic +1Lee FausGlobal Field CTOFounded Atomic

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Epitech - L'école de l'excellence informatique21

Guillaume LuccisanoFounder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVEHenry FontanierFounder/Engineer at GoosebumpBenjamin NetterFounder at RiotArnaud PorterieFounder at Echoes HQTom NguyenFounder at CaféArthur Lorotte de BanesFounder at Café

+ 15 more

Also attended Université Paris Nanterre47

Eric BoustoullerPartner at C4 VenturesOlivier Le GoffPrincipal – Legal & Tax Affairs at C4 VenturesBenjamin LevyPartner, Co-Head of Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups at BootstrapLabsCamille Lacourt MunierVenture Partner at Red River WestDavid-Cyriaque LaurentInvestor at Avolta PartnersPatrick BertrandInvestor at Holnest

+ 41 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Red Hat58

Issac RothVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalJoe ColopyFounding Partner at Primordial VenturesJason CaplainCo-Founder & General Partner at Bull City Venture PartnersMatt GorinManaging Partner at Contour Venture PartnersBlake ModersitskiManaging Partner, Pelion VP at Juvo VenturesHebatalla GadInvestment Analyst at Orbit Startups

+ 52 more

Also worked at Mesosphere, Inc.11

Lak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Timothy ChenManaging Partner at Essence Venture CapitalAbhay AgarwalFounder at PolyDerek ChiangFounder at ZeroDevAshot AyvazyanFounder at CloudchiprAndrew HoskinsFounder at Upfront

+ 5 more

Also worked at Docker, Inc35

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSimon LeveneCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla VenturesMatt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield FundAlex CheeCo-Founding Partner, Credit / Termina at Tribe Capital FirstlookEnrique SalemPartner at Bain Capital Ventures

+ 29 more

Also worked at EPITECH9

Samantha LewisHead of Marketing at RSCMArnaud PorterieFounder at Echoes HQArthur Lorotte de BanesFounder at CaféSam AlbaFounder at MendralVincent TrastourCTO at TelliaAnthony LapennaFounder at Portainer

+ 3 more