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Christopher Oka

Co-founder, Wygo

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Christopher Oka is a co-founder of Wygo, a Toronto platform where hosts create in-person events and sell tickets or take donations, and was its chief technology officer as of April 2026. Oka started it with Jocelyne Murphy in 2023 as a side project while both studied systems design engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Christopher hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Christopher co-founded Wygo, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Christopher Oka co-found Wygo?

Yes. A University of Waterloo Engineering article published April 14, 2026 says Wygo was co-founded in 2023 by Jocelyne Murphy and Christopher Oka. BetaKit, reporting the same day, says the company was founded by CEO Jocelyne Murphy and CTO Christopher Oka.

What is Oka's role at Wygo?

Chief technology officer. BetaKit's article of April 14, 2026 on the company's pre-seed round names Oka as CTO. Wygo's own site, checked September 24, 2026, has no team page to confirm a later title.

Where did Oka study?

The University of Waterloo. Waterloo Engineering's April 14, 2026 article describes both Oka and Murphy as BASc 2025 graduates in systems design engineering. BetaKit wrote the same day that Wygo had been a side project since 2023 and became full-time when they graduated.

How much has Wygo raised?

BetaKit reported on April 14, 2026 that Wygo raised nearly $1.6 million (CAD) in pre-seed funding led by N49P, and that the platform had sold more than 10,000 tickets to in-person events as of April 2026.

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