Summary
Axel Ericsson is a founder and technology leader with five years of hands-on startup experience based in San Francisco, combining a Stanford CS background with early recognition as a 2018 Thiel Fellow. He co-founded Vest and later served as Co-Founder & CTO of Callin, which was acquired by Rumble Inc. in 2023, demonstrating an ability to build and exit product-focused teams. Axel also founded DataMorf on GitHub, signaling active engagement with data tooling and developer ecosystems beyond core product work. Comfortable spanning product, engineering and fundraising roles, he brings entrepreneurial grit and technical depth to early-stage ventures. Notably, his trajectory blends formal CS training with uncommon early-stage validation via the Thiel Fellowship and a successful acquisition.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Natural Sciences, High School Diploma Natural Sciences at Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Swedish