# Dusan Omercevic

> Dusan Omercevic is a Slovenian software entrepreneur and computer-vision graduate who founded Cleanshelf, acquired by LeanIX in 2021. He is now CEO of *codeplain, developing software from structured specifications, and writes about programming, AI and European technology.

- **Role:** CEO and Founder at *codeplain
- **Organizations:** *codeplain, Cleanshelf, LeanIX, Zemanta, Najdi.si, Silicon Gardens
- **Nationality:** Slovenian
- **Education:** MSc in Computer Vision, University of Ljubljana
- **Known for:** Built Cleanshelf from an internal software-subscription tracking problem into an acquired enterprise software business., Led Cleanshelf through its $8 million Series A in 2020 and 2021 acquisition by LeanIX., Coauthored computer-vision research and holds an MSc from the University of Ljubljana.

## Career timeline

- **Before Cleanshelf** — Held senior product and engineering leadership roles at Zemanta and Najdi.si.
- **2011** — Coauthored Hyperlinking reality via camera phones with Aleš Leonardis.
- **2016** — Founded Cleanshelf, according to his ASE conference biography and GP Bullhound; other investor accounts date the company to 2015.
- **2020** — Cleanshelf announced an $8 million Series A led by Dawn Capital, with LAUNCHub participation.
- **2021** — LeanIX announced its acquisition of Cleanshelf on March 24; Omercevic became VP of Product for SaaS Intelligence.
- **2025** — Publicly active as CEO and founder of *codeplain; served on the ASE Industry Showcase program committee.
- **2026** — Silicon Gardens announced participation in *codeplain’s $3 million seed round led by GapMinder VC.

## Achievements

- Built Cleanshelf from an internal software-subscription tracking problem into an acquired enterprise software business.
- Led Cleanshelf through its $8 million Series A in 2020 and 2021 acquisition by LeanIX.
- Coauthored computer-vision research and holds an MSc from the University of Ljubljana.
- Leads *codeplain, which raised a $3 million seed round in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Public LinkedIn activity records a talk on spec-driven integrations at Infobip Shift in Zadar.
- **2026-07** — Silicon Gardens announced *codeplain’s $3 million seed round, a ten-person team and customers HYCU and DevRev.
- **2026-07** — Published a hackathon essay describing a Ljubljana event with 30 participants and 12 projects.
- **2026-05** — Presented platform progress, design-partner feedback and remaining limitations at ***plain dev day.

## Links

- Website: https://omercevic.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dusanomercevic
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dusano
- GitHub: https://github.com/dusano

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Last updated: 2026-10-24