Jerome Leclanche
Partner at Seven Capital
Brussels, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolJerome Leclanche is a seasoned engineer-entrepreneur with 17 years of experience building web, gaming, FinTech, AI and security products and leading startups from prototype to exit. Based in Brussels, he now runs multiple ventures including Ingram Technologies (ethical AI R&D), Seven Seed (startup incubator), Seven Camp (accelerator) and Seven Capital (dual-use VC), combining hands-on engineering with strategic investment. A lifelong autodidact and active open-source contributor, his code and patches span Django, Python tooling, image formats and localization—most notably adding a Battle.net provider to django-allauth and DDS/BLP support to Pillow. He has a track record of technical leadership and exits in gaming analytics and community platforms, plus experience building ML-powered translation systems at Mozilla. Outside work he’s a committed figure skater, which he cites as one of the disciplines that keeps his focus and resilience sharp.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Startup School, Startup School at Y CombinatorFounder, Founder at Seven Camp
English, French, Greek, Russian, Swedish
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Github Skills (85)
apim10
python10
image-processing10
testing10
authentication10
service-account10
i18n-js10
django10
qtquick10
data-serialization10
apple-push-notifications10
push-notifications10
localization10
api10
management10
Programming languages (33)
Github contributions (5)
dj-stripe/dj-stripe
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
dj-stripe automatically syncs your Stripe Data to your local database as pre-implemented Django Models allowing you to use the Django ORM, in your code, to work with the data making it easier and faster.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 releases, 114 reviews, 985 commits in 6 years
Contributions summary:Jerome contributed to the dj-stripe project by implementing and refactoring core Django back-end features. Their work included making the CancelSubscriptionView more flexible, fixing argument errors in the Card.api_list() method, and addressing issues related to customer management and subscription handling. The contributions demonstrate a solid understanding of Django models and the Stripe API.
django-modelsdjango-ormlocal-databasestripepython
jazzband/django-push-notifications
May 2014 - Dec 2018
Send push notifications to mobile devices through GCM or APNS in Django.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 101 commits, 80 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jerome primarily contributed to the Django push notification library, focusing on bug fixes, feature enhancements, and maintenance tasks. They addressed issues related to APNS and GCM, updated dependencies, and improved the overall stability of the library. Furthermore, the user implemented support for newer Django versions and python releases, as well as improvements in project documentation, and the creation of a test suite. These contributions highlight their work in enhancing and maintaining the core functionality of the push notification service.
djangomobilepush-notificationspythonapns
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