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Alexandr Kurilin

Founder of Double Dusk

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Alexandr Kurilin is a highly accomplished Founder and CTO based in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in software engineering and expertise in Ruby on Rails, distributed systems, and web development. Notable highlights of his career include founding successful ventures like Double Dusk and Freckle by Renaissance, as well as serving as a Venture Partner at Amasia and offering CTO as a Service through his own consultancy.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder / CTO

    2024 - Current

  • Venture Partner

    2021

    I've worked with Amasia, a leading thesis-driven global VC firm, since 2015 when the firm led the Series A at Freckle Education. As a venture partner, I help Amasia founders with the technical aspects of their journey, including building R&D teams, software delivery lifecycle, technical architecture and product management.

  • CTO as a Service / Fractional CTO

    2021

  • Co-Founder / CTO

    2023 - 2023

  • Co-Founder / CTO

    2013 - 2021

    Freckle (formerly Front Row) aims to bring top-quality instructional material to every classroom. We create math and ELA content that helps students develop the skills they need to be motivated, self-starting learners for their entire lives. I was the co-founder/CTO of Freckle, and lead it from founding to: - serving over 30 million students across the world - tens of millions of dollars in revenue - billions of questions answered on the product - a successful acquisition - an incredible team of over 70 people at acquisition time

Freckle empowers teachers to ensure that it reaches every one of their students at the level that's best for them.

Raised $6,600,000.00 from ONE WORLD Impact Investments LLC.

  • Software Development Engineer

    2008 - 2012

    Developer on Windows Intune, Identity and Subscription / Platform team.

Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.

  • Software Engineer

    2007 - 2007

    Core Tech developer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning at Electronic Arts Mythic

Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.

Raised $2,200,000.00 from TCV and TCV.

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