Where does Tolu Alabi work?

Tolu Alabi is Founder/CEO of Cleva.

Where did Tolu Alabi go to school?

Tolu Alabi studied at Y Combinator; Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Grinnell College (B.A, Computer Science).

Tolu Alabi

Founder

Founder/CEO at Cleva

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedCleva · YC

About

Tolu Alabi previously led product management at Stripe, where she worked on issuing and banking products, and at Amazon, where she managed initiatives across logistics and augmented reality. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Grinnell College.

Founder/CEO at Cleva YC W24

Intro paths

Tolu went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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 Cleva's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Tolu can intro founders to Cleva's investors below.

Cleva's investors · 6

FirstCheck AfricaLagos · $50K – $250K checks Newfund CapitalParis · $250K – $2M checks Rainfall VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks The Raba PartnershipCape Town · $50K – $5M checks Wayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Cleva

Philip AbelFounder/CTO

Philip Adama AbelFounder

Experience

Cleva (YC W24)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Next in Line (NIL) AfricaFounder & CEO2021 — 2025Nigeria
StripeProduct Manager2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
StripeProduct Manager2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
AmazonSenior Technical Product Manager, Augmented Reality2019 — 2020Palo Alto, California
AmazonSenior Technical Product Manager, Amazon Logistics2017 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
IT Inkubator GmbHEntrepreneur In Residence2016
WhatsApp Inc.Growth (MBA Intern)2016San Francisco Bay Area
Goldman SachsFX Algorithmic Quant2013 — 2015Greater New York City Area
Grinnell CollegeComputer Science Teaching Assistant2010 — 2013
Grinnell CollegeMath Lab Tutor2010 — 2012
Grinnell CollegeStudent Research Assistant2011Grinell College
Goldman SachsTechnology Summer Analyst2012Salt Lake City

Skills & more

Research28Teaching21Public Speaking8C5Java19Scheme3Problem Solving4Algorithms2Microsoft Excel6SQL1Data Analysis8Computer Science5

+2 more

DatabasesMathematics

Languages Yoruba

Functional Programming Principles in Scala — Coursera
Competitive Strategy — Coursera

From Tolu's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tolu Alabi?: Tolu Alabi previously led product management at Stripe, where she worked on issuing and banking products, and at Amazon, where she managed initiatives across logistics and augmented reality. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Grinnell College.
Where does Tolu Alabi work?: Tolu Alabi is Founder/CEO of Cleva.
What companies did Tolu Alabi found?: Tolu Alabi founded Cleva.
Where did Tolu Alabi go to school?: Tolu Alabi studied at Y Combinator; Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Grinnell College (B.A, Computer Science).