About
Alan Karpovsky sold Herolens, a SaaS creative management platform, to Innovid. He holds a software engineering background and has been recognized by Forbes and the U.S. Department of State.
Founder at MendelYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Alan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mendel's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Alan can intro founders to Mendel's investors below.
Mendel's investors · 9
Base10 PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Better Tomorrow VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checksEndeavor CatalystNew York · $5.5M – $200M checks · since 2025Hi VenturesMexico City · $1M – $5M checksIndustry VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $50M checks · since 2025Infinity VenturesSan Francisco Bay Area · $500K – $10M checksOak HC/FTStamfordPayPal VenturesSan Jose · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Mendel
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Alejandro ZeclerFounder
Experience
- MendelCo-Founder, Co-CEOcurrent2021 — presentMexico
- Entrepreneurs' OrganizationBoard Member2018 — 2021Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
- InnovidVice President of Omni-channel Solutions2019 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- Herolens (Part of Innovid)Co-Founder (exited through acquisition)2015 — 2019
- Chabad Young Professionals InternationalDirector2015 — 2017
- StreemaContent Development & Customer Manager2014 — 2015
- Myriad Group AGData Insight Analyst (Services Growth)2013 — 2014
- Club TramaCo-Director Entrepreneurship Club2012 — 2013
- ITBASoftware Developer (Intern)2012Buenos Aires, Argetina
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship30OOP12Software Engineering14Vim7Team Building16Octave6XPath3VASProject Management3Mobile Communications2JavaScript18Eclipse7
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JavaAJAXPHPCLaTeXHTMLXMLCSSApacheGitTeam LeadershipTeam ManagementLanguages English · Hebrew · Spanish
- First Certificate in English — University of Cambridge
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alan Karpovsky?
- Alan Karpovsky sold Herolens, a SaaS creative management platform, to Innovid. He holds a software engineering background and has been recognized by Forbes and the U.S. Department of State.
- Where does Alan Karpovsky work?
- Alan Karpovsky is Founder of Mendel.
- What companies did Alan Karpovsky found?
- Alan Karpovsky founded Mendel.
- Where did Alan Karpovsky go to school?
- Alan Karpovsky studied at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (BSc. & MSc. in Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Software Engineering); Escuela Tecnica ORT (Electronics Technician, Electronics).
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