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Alex Avnit

Founder

CRO & Co-Founder at Paloma

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPaloma · YC

About

Alex Avnit is co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Paloma, with prior experience as Head of Deel's Employer of Record division. He has a background in quantitative analysis and data science.

LinkedIn ↗

CRO & Co-Founder at PalomaYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Alex went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Paloma's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Paloma's investors below.

Paloma's investors · 3

468 CapitalActivant CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Paloma

NDNazli Danis
Nazli DanisFounder

Experience

  1. Paloma (YC S25)COO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. RevOps Co-opMember2025 — 2026
  3. Thrill LabsCOO2024 — 2025Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  4. Career BreakTravel2024
  5. DeelAssociate Director Operations2022 — 2024
  6. DeelCore Operations Manager2021 — 2022EMEA
  7. RevolutFinCrime Product2019 — 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  8. BarclaysData Scientist2017 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  9. P:CubedData Scientist2016 — 2017
  10. P:CubedData Analyst2014 — 2016City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  11. Virgin ActiveStatistical Analyst2012 — 2014City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Education

  1. Y CombinatorSummer 25 Batch2025
  2. University of Cape TownBachelor of Business Science, Actuarial Science (Majoring in Quantitative Finance)2010 — 2014

Skills & more

Statistical/Mathematical problem solving7Corporate Finance8Business Intelligence7Computer software5Highly learning oriented4Analytics9Microsoft Excel5Microsoft Word4Customer Service4Microsoft Office4

Languages English · Spanish

  • Microsoft Excel - Advanced — GoSkills.com
  • Microsoft Excel - Advanced — GoSkills.com

From Alex's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended University of Cape Town134

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesAvron MarcusInvestor at Index VenturesLaurel BowdenPartner at 83NorthAlan EzekowitzInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAndy VitusPartner at Scale Venture Partners

+ 128 more

Shared employers

Also worked at RevOps Co-op2

Akash BoseHead of GTM Acceleration at Innovius CapitalRoland SternHead of Finance at First Momentum

Also worked at Deel23

Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark CapitalJeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General CatalystAndy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO at S32Sam EdenInvestor at Square Peg CapitalRyan FreemanInvestor at Ripple VenturesJasper MasemannPartner at Cherry Ventures

+ 17 more

Also worked at Revolut47

Neil RimerInvestor at Index VenturesJulian von EckartsbergManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal InvestmentsJulien BekInvestor at Sequoia CapitalGeorge RobsonInvestor at Sequoia CapitalGbenga AjayiPartner, Head of Africa and Middle East at QED InvestorsMadelene LarssonPartner at Giant Ventures Global Llp

+ 41 more

Also worked at Barclays148

Bertie AykroydPartner at Mayfair Equity PartnersShemina MekkyExecutive Assistant, MENA at Golden Gate VenturesChiraag DeoraPrincipal at GreycroftSunil RaoCOO, SVP Finance at Plum Alley InvestmentsJarrid TingleInvestor at Harlem Capital PartnersPhil VenablesVenture Partner at Ballistic Ventures

+ 142 more