# Alexander Kuebel

> Alexander Kuebel is the co-founder and CEO of Kombo, a Y Combinator-backed infrastructure company that gives software teams one interface for hundreds of HRIS, ATS, payroll, assessment, and learning-system integrations. A former software engineer and CODE University alumnus, he started experimenting with entrepreneurship as a child, met his co-founders at university, and turned lessons from an earlier mobile-data startup into Kombo's focused bet on workforce-data interoperability. Kombo joined Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch, expanded from Berlin to New York, acquired Midlane in 2025, and raised a $25 million Series A led by Volition Capital in February 2026, bringing disclosed total funding to $30 million.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Kombo
- **Organizations:** Kombo, Y Combinator, CODE University of Applied Sciences, START Berlin, Thinc e.V., Tigers Tübingen
- **Education:** CODE University of Applied Sciences, Summer 2022 accelerator batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Built Kombo from its 2022 founding into an infrastructure provider serving more than 400 companies by May 2026., Led a $25 million Series A financing in February 2026, bringing Kombo's disclosed total funding to $30 million., Reported growing Kombo from zero to more than $10 million in annual recurring revenue in roughly three years.

## Career timeline

- **2013-2014** — Served as captain of the Young Tigers Tübingen team in Germany's under-16 JBBL basketball league.
- **2020** — Became a member of START Berlin and a business mentor with Thinc e.V.
- **2022** — Co-founded Kombo with Aike Hillbrands, Fabian Rothfuß, and Niklas Higi after the team met at CODE University; Kombo joined Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch.
- **2023** — Outlined Kombo's origins and vertical focus in a Robin Capital founder interview; Kombo's hiring materials later reported surpassing $1 million ARR within a year.
- **2024** — Announced Kombo V2 and reported $2 million ARR, positioning the company as an infrastructure layer for future-of-work integrations.
- **2025** — Kombo acquired Berlin HR-tech company and former customer Midlane.
- **2026** — Kombo raised a $25 million Series A led by Volition Capital, taking disclosed total funding to $30 million; it also became an official Workday partner and launched browser-agent integrations.

## Achievements

- Built Kombo from its 2022 founding into an infrastructure provider serving more than 400 companies by May 2026.
- Led a $25 million Series A financing in February 2026, bringing Kombo's disclosed total funding to $30 million.
- Reported growing Kombo from zero to more than $10 million in annual recurring revenue in roughly three years.
- Expanded Kombo's product from HRIS integrations into ATS, payroll, assessment, LMS, and browser-agent workflows.
- Helped secure an official Workday partnership for Kombo in 2026.
- Completed Kombo's acquisition of former customer Midlane in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Kuebel highlighted Kombo's nine G2 Summer award categories and reiterated the company's focus on people-data infrastructure and agentic integrations.
- **2026-05** — Kombo launched browser-agent integrations for workforce workflows that APIs cannot cover and said its platform was serving more than 400 companies.
- **2026-04** — Kombo announced that it had become an official Workday partner.
- **2026-02** — Kombo announced a $25 million Series A led by Volition Capital, with Acadian Ventures, 468 Capital, and Y Combinator participating.
- **2025-08** — Kombo acquired Midlane, an HR-tech startup that had previously been its customer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kombo.dev/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-kuebel-8b8351180

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Last updated: 2026-08-10