About
Umur Cubukcu co-founded Citus Data (YC S11), a distributed PostgreSQL database company acquired by Microsoft in 2019, where he later led the PostgreSQL product team at Azure. He served as a visiting partner at Y Combinator for W23 and S23 before co-founding Ubicloud.
Founder at UbicloudYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Umur went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ubicloud's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Umur can intro founders to Ubicloud's investors below.
Ubicloud's investors · 6
Co-founders at Ubicloud
OE
Ozgun ErdoganFounder
DF
Daniel FarinaFounder
Experience
- UbicloudCofoundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorVisiting Group Partner2022 — 2023
- MicrosoftPostgreSQL and Hyperscale (Citus) at Azure2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Citus DataCEO and Co-founder2011 — 2022
- TrueDemand SoftwareDirector Business Development2006 — 2011
- The Boston Consulting GroupConsultant2005 — 2006
- The Boston Consulting GroupAssociate2003 — 2005
Skills & more
Start-ups62Business Strategy36Analytics30Product Management31Big Data6Strategy35
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Umur Cubukcu?
- Umur Cubukcu co-founded Citus Data (YC S11), a distributed PostgreSQL database company acquired by Microsoft in 2019, where he later led the PostgreSQL product team at Azure. He served as a visiting partner at Y Combinator for W23 and S23 before co-founding Ubicloud.
- Where does Umur Cubukcu work?
- Umur Cubukcu is Founder of Ubicloud.
- What companies did Umur Cubukcu found?
- Umur Cubukcu founded Ubicloud.
- Where did Umur Cubukcu go to school?
- Umur Cubukcu studied at Stanford University (M.S., Management Science & Engineering); Boğaziçi University (B.S., Industrial Engineering); Robert College.
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Robert College mafia17
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