3x founder

Rene Brandel

Founder & CEO at Casco. Always-on Security Testing. Prev: AWS (Kiro), Microsoft

Founder

2025Founder· Casco

Founder · since 2014

Company

Casco

Role

Founder & CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Casco

Autonomous security testing for web apps, APIs, cloud, and AI systems

Experience

Career

Casco
Founder
Founder & CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2025
Pioneer Fund
Venture Partner · 2025 – Present
2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Founder
Head of Product · New York, New York, United States · 2024 – 2025
2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Principal Product Manager - Technical · New York, New York, United States · 2022 – 2025
2022
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Senior Product Manager - Technical · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2020 – 2022
2020
Microsoft
Program Manager 2 · Greater Seattle Area · 2018 – 2020
2018
Microsoft
Program Manager · Prague, Czechia · 2016 – 2018
2016
Prisma
Product Manager · Berlin · 2016
2016
enCourage Labs UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Founder
Founder & Product Manager · Karlsruhe Area, Germany · 2014 – 2016
2014
Microsoft
Program Manager Intern · Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic · 2015
2015
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Software Engineering Tutor · Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · 2015
2015
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / University of Karlsruhe (TH)
Software Developer · Karlsruhe Area, Germany · 2014 – 2015
2014
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / University of Karlsruhe (TH)
Software Developer Internship · Karlsruhe Area, Germany · 2013
2013

CEO of Casco. We hack software before bad actors do.