Claudius Mbemba

Claudius Mbemba

Principal AI/ML Technical Lead at Capital Technology Group
Seattle, Washington, United States

Claudius Mbemba is Principal AI/ML Technical Lead and Principal Software Engineer at Capital Technology Group, and serves as Venture Investment Director at Startup Haven. He founded Fundstarter, where he is no longer active, and has expertise as an investor, engineer, and leader.

  • Capital Technology Group Principal AI/ML Technical Lead 2026–present, Principal Software Engineer 2022–present · current
  • FIRST Washington Board Member, Committee Chair 2020–present · current
  • Startup Haven logo
    Startup Haven Venture Investment Director 2020–present · current
  • The Ohio State University Alumni Association Board Chair 2017–present · current
  • Startup Haven Fund Investment Director · current
  • First Round Capital logo
    First Round Capital First Checks 2023–2025 · past
  • Techstars Co-Founder, neu - Techstars Seattle 2020 portfolio company 2020–2021 · past
  • Neu CTO 2018–2022, CTO and Co-founder 2022, Chief Technology Officer 2022, Co-founder 2022 · past
  • Microsoft SDE II - CSE DWR (formerly Partner Catalyst Team) 2017–2018, SDE - Emerging Devices Experiences / Office 2016–2017 · past
  • Fundstarter Founder & CEO 2013–2015 · past
  • The Ohio State University Football Ohio State Varsity Defensive End 2011–2013 · past

Education

  • The Ohio State University Bachelor’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences, Entrepreneurship/Business, Spanish · 2011–2015

Organizations

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  • Capital Technology Group Principal AI/ML Technical Lead 2026–present, Principal Software Engineer 2022–present · current
  • FIRST Washington Board Member, Committee Chair 2020–present · current
  • Startup Haven logo
    Startup Haven Venture Investment Director 2020–present · current

Education

  • The Ohio State University Bachelor’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences, Entrepreneurship/Business, Spanish · 2011–2015

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