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Valentine Mayaki

Founder

Founder at Shekel Mobility

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

FoundedShekel Mobility · YC

About

Valentine Mayaki is a software engineer with over a decade of experience building applications across fintech and other sectors. He previously worked at Nextravel and Andela.

Founder at Shekel MobilityYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Valentine went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 Shekel Mobility's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Valentine can intro founders to Shekel Mobility's investors below.

Shekel Mobility's investors · 6

Cross Culture VenturesMaC Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023Unpopular VenturesMiami · $100K – $500K checks · since 2023Ventures PlatformAbuja · $50K – $1M checks · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Shekel Mobility

BOBenjamen Oladokun
Benjamen OladokunFounder
SOSanmi Olukanmi
Sanmi OlukanmiFounder

Experience

  1. Shekel CorporationCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentNigeria
  2. Docler Holding LuxembourgSenior Software Engineer2020 — 2023Luxembourg
  3. AndelaSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2020Lagos State, Nigeria
  4. NexTravelSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2020Santa Monica, CA
  5. Opus HiveSoftware Engineer2016 — 20186, Efunleye str, off Talabi str Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos
  6. Veins TechnologySoftware Developer2016
  7. Techneeks Technology LimitedSoftware Engineer2015 — 201613/15 Castle Rock Avenue, AA Rescue Building, Jakande, Lekki
  8. Diadem EntiDeveloper2014 — 2015
  9. Atmospheric Physics laboratoryData Analyst2010 — 2014, OAU, Ile-ife
  10. Information Technology and Communication Unit (INTECU)Subnet supervisor and Server administrator2009OAU, Ile-ife

Skills & more

Full-Stack Development1Back-End Web Development2KubernetesMicroservicesContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)1TestingSoftware TestingAPI Development1Software Development3Android Development1Test Driven DevelopmentDevOps1
+12 moreBDDWeb DevelopmentReact.jsHTML5PHPJavaSQLJavaScriptMySQLCSSHTMLMicrosoft Office
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals — Microsoft
  • Building Containerized Applications on AWS — Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Valentine Mayaki?
Valentine Mayaki is a software engineer with over a decade of experience building applications across fintech and other sectors. He previously worked at Nextravel and Andela.
Where does Valentine Mayaki work?
Valentine Mayaki is Founder of Shekel Mobility.
What companies did Valentine Mayaki found?
Valentine Mayaki founded Shekel Mobility.
Where did Valentine Mayaki go to school?
Valentine Mayaki studied at Quantic School of Business and Technology (Executive MBA, Business Administration); Obafemi Awolowo University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Engineering Physics); The Institute of Customer Relationship Management (Professional Postgraduate Diploma, Customer Relationship Management).

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Shared employers

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