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Victor Gardrinier

Founder

Founder at SolarMente

France

FoundedSolarMente · YC

About

Victor Gardrinier holds degrees in financial engineering from HEC Montreal and computer science with an entrepreneurship focus from Stanford. He previously worked as an investor at Front Row Ventures focused on space and satellite ventures, interned at Microsoft during the Windows 10 launch, and developed an Ethereum-based peer-to-peer solar energy application with support from a ConsenSys grant. He is a co-founder of SolarMente.

Founder at SolarMenteYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Victor went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran SolarMente's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Victor can intro founders to SolarMente's investors below.

SolarMente's investors · 2

GNE Financesince 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at SolarMente

WDWouter Draijer
Wouter DraijerFounder

Experience

  1. MioFounding Engineercurrent2026 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  2. SolarMenteCo-Founder (YC S21)2019 — 2025
  3. Front Row VenturesAssociate (crypto & space focus)2017 — 2018Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  4. MicrosoftIntern2015London Area, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship22Music Composition7Quantitative Analytics7Leadership22Public Speaking23Teamwork11Management11Get things done6JavaScript5Ruby on Rails5Git4Github5
+3 moreSQLHTML5CSS
  • Software Product Management Certificate — Product School
  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Certificate — Product School

From Victor's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Victor Gardrinier?
Victor Gardrinier holds degrees in financial engineering from HEC Montreal and computer science with an entrepreneurship focus from Stanford. He previously worked as an investor at Front Row Ventures focused on space and satellite ventures, interned at Microsoft during the Windows 10 launch, and developed an Ethereum-based peer-to-peer solar energy application with support from a ConsenSys grant. He is a co-founder of SolarMente.
Where does Victor Gardrinier work?
Victor Gardrinier is Founder of SolarMente.
What companies did Victor Gardrinier found?
Victor Gardrinier founded SolarMente.
Where did Victor Gardrinier go to school?
Victor Gardrinier studied at Y Combinator (S21 Batch); Stanford University (Computer science); HEC Montréal (Economy, Finance and Mathematics).

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