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Carmel Limcaoco

Carmel Limcaoco

Founder and product leader building fintech infrastructure for emerging markets

San Francisco Bay Area, California

Summary

Founder and operator building fintech infrastructure for lending in emerging markets: Carmel co‑founded Kita, a document‑intelligence platform aimed at converting noisy borrower documents into decision‑ready signals for lenders, and is listed with Y Combinator and early pilot traction. ycombinator+1
Product experience across music and consumer tech: Carmel has multiple product internships at Apple (Shazam, Apple Music, apple.com) and research experience in Stanford HCI, indicating a background in product management and user‑facing product work within music/tech contexts. substack
Student leader and event producer in music on campus: As an executive leader at Stanford Concert Network and performer with a student band, Carmel organizes and programs large campus music events and performs regularly. stanforddaily+1
Creative filmmaker and musician with youth‑focused community engagement: Carmel produced documentary work tied to One Million Lights Philippines, was selected as a young filmmaker for SDG initiatives, and composes/records music projects at Stanford CCRMA. filmfreeway+2

Work

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Hobbies

Music performance and composition (plays in a student band and produces CCRMA pieces). soundcloud+1

Filmmaking and producing short documentaries. filmfreeway+1

Notes

SSSanskar Shuklasaid that if they had to recommend a YC founder for startup advice,
CLCarmel Limcaoco
would be at the top of their list.

Apr 18, 2026