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Thomas Mann

Founder

Founder at Raycast

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedRaycast · YC

About

Thomas Mann has worked as a software engineer at Facebook, Audi, ProSieben, and the Fraunhofer Society. He is currently building Raycast.

Founder at RaycastYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Thomas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — 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 Raycast's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Thomas can intro founders to Raycast's investors below.

Raycast's investors · 6

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2024AtomicoLondon · since 2024Chapter OneLos Angeles · $5K – $200K checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2024World Innovation LabPalo Alto · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Raycast

PNPetr Nikolaev
Petr NikolaevFounder
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Thomas Paul MannFounder

Experience

  1. RaycastCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2020 — present
  2. FacebookSoftware Engineer2017 — 2019United Kingdom
  3. Audi AGSoftware Engineer2016 — 2017Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany
  4. ProSiebenSat.1 Digital GmbHSoftware Engineer2015 — 2016Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  5. Fraunhofer-GesellschaftResearch Assistant2013 — 2014Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  6. AppleSpecialist2012Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  7. TRW Automation LLCStudent Assistant2008 — 2012Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany

Frequently asked questions

Who is Thomas Mann?
Thomas Mann has worked as a software engineer at Facebook, Audi, ProSieben, and the Fraunhofer Society. He is currently building Raycast.
Where does Thomas Mann work?
Thomas Mann is Founder of Raycast.
What companies did Thomas Mann found?
Thomas Mann founded Raycast.
Where did Thomas Mann go to school?
Thomas Mann studied at invalid80269241 (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); TH Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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