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Vagelis Viskadouros

Founder

Founder at BetterBasket

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedBetterBasket · YC

About

Vagelis Viskadouros previously worked as a data scientist at Uber Eats and holds an MSc in Data Science for Business from Ecole Polytechnique. He is the founder of BetterBasket.

Founder at BetterBasketYC W24

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran BetterBasket's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Vagelis can intro founders to BetterBasket's investors below.

BetterBasket's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at BetterBasket

LZLeon Zhang
Leon ZhangFounder

Experience

  1. BetterBasketCo-Founder / CTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. UberData Scientist2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
  3. UberData Scientist2022 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
  4. UberData Science Intern2022Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Skills & more

Engineering4Algorithms3C++2Node.jsPython (Programming Language)JavaScriptSQLC (Programming Language)Project Management

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Vagelis Viskadouros?
Vagelis Viskadouros previously worked as a data scientist at Uber Eats and holds an MSc in Data Science for Business from Ecole Polytechnique. He is the founder of BetterBasket.
Where does Vagelis Viskadouros work?
Vagelis Viskadouros is Founder of BetterBasket.
What companies did Vagelis Viskadouros found?
Vagelis Viskadouros founded BetterBasket.
Where did Vagelis Viskadouros go to school?
Vagelis Viskadouros studied at École Polytechnique (Master of Science - MSc • Data Science for Business); HEC Paris (Master of Science - MSc • Data Science for Business); National Technical University of Athens (MEng in Electrical & Computer Engineering).

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