Summary
Alex Tkachenko is a founder and CEO with 11 years of hands-on software and product experience building high-usage mobile apps and data-driven platforms. He currently leads Fira, an automated financial research and analysis platform that speeds pitch-deck and model creation for investment banks and M&A boutiques by instantly searching, analyzing, and citing filings and internal docs. Previously he bootstrapped successful consumer and crypto products (Hodler) and helped scale an Android app to 1M+ daily active users, giving him deep product instincts and a proven track record of shipping at scale. His background as an Android engineer and small-team builder informs a pragmatic, user-focused approach to engineering and go-to-market strategy. Based in London, he combines technical fluency with founder grit and a knack for turning complex data into actionable workflows for finance teams.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Southern Federal University (former Rostov State University)
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Universität des Saarlandes
English, Russian