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Alex Lee

Founder

Founder at Truewind

United States

FoundedTruewind · YC

About

Co-founder and CEO of Truewind, which automates transaction coding and reconciliation for accounting teams.

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Alex Lee @alexlee611

@truewindai Stop hiring “finance vendors.” Start choosing operational partners who match your tempo. If you want a finance team that keeps up, not slows you down, we should talk.

Nov 20, 2025 · ♥ 2

Alex Lee @alexlee611

At @truewindai , we built the opposite model: → Respond in minutes → Fix issues immediately → Automate the repetitive → Clean, predictable month-end close → Investor-ready anytime → Operate at founder speed Because we’re a startup too. We move like our clients do.

Nov 20, 2025 · ♥ 2

Alex Lee @alexlee611

And here’s the part no one admits: Founders tolerate slow finance because “that’s just how accounting is.” It’s not. It’s just how bad accounting is. Startups need operators, not auditors.

Nov 20, 2025 · ♥ 1

Founder at TruewindYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Alex went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Truewind's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

Truewind's investors · 8

Beat VenturesFin CapitalHike VenturesMyAsiaVCPathlight VenturesRho VenturesThomson Reuters VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Truewind

TCTennison Chan
Tennison ChanCofounder CTO

Experience

  1. TruewindCo-founder, CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Asian Ski BumAngel Investorcurrent2019 — present
  3. BluelightCo-Founder, CEO2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Renault-Nissan-MitsubishiInvestor - Alliance Ventures2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Schematic VenturesInvestor2017 — 2018New York, United States
  6. BoeingEngineer2012 — 2017Seattle, WA

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW21, W23
  2. Columbia Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
  3. University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering
  4. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA Exchange Program

Skills & more

Leadership40Management14Analysis24Team Leadership12Aerodynamics52Aerospace Engineering42Data Analysis19Professional Mentoring10Program Management9Solidworks16Career Development3Basketball Coaching8
+3 moreCollege RecruitingTechnical RecruitingProject Management

Languages Cantonese · English · Mandarin

From Alex's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

University of Southern California mafia108

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jinal JhaveriMaster of Science (M.S.)Founded SchoolMint +1Kent WakefordJuris Doctorate (J.D.)Founded Form Bio +1Jonathan FriedmanPost-Doctoral ResearcherFounded Assembly +1Kyle MichelsonPolitical ScienceFounded Getlabs +1Mike MahlkowFounded Fastgen +1David NordhausenBusiness Administration and ManagementFounded Fastgen +1

+ 101 more

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia92

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Keith LendenMBAFounded Boundless Bio +1Doktor GursonHigh Impact LeadershipFounded Doblet +1Anuj SaigalBSFounded Spark +1Nelson RayBachelor of Science - BSFounded ByDesign +1Fabien DevosManager BootcampFounded Vybe +1

+ 85 more

Columbia Business School mafia40

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Martin VarsavskyMBAFounded Gameto +1Mattan GriffelMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded One Month +1Naveen QureshiMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Rapidfolio +1Beenu AroraMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Cyble +1Vic SinghMBAFounded OriginalisItamar Har-EvenMBAFounded Ionpacific

+ 33 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Columbia Business School637

Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 631 more

Also attended University of Southern California470

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft

+ 464 more

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business586

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

+ 580 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Truewind3

JoePartner at Thomson Reuters VenturesAlex RenFounding Partner at FellowsTennison ChanCofounder CTO at Truewind

Also worked at Bluelight2

Alex DixonFounder at BluelightStewart LamkeFounder at Bluelight

Also worked at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi10

Cyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesChristian NoskePartner at NGP CapitalSebastien GuillaudCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Shift4GoodMarinus OosterbeekManaging Director & Co-head at Opera Tech VenturesRyan ArmbrustPartner at Alliance VenturesJean-Baptiste DagandFinancial Analyst & Controller at Alliance Ventures

+ 4 more

Also worked at Schematic Ventures6

Julian Burrough CounihanInvestor at Schematic VenturesAlexInvestor at Schematic VenturesAlex FreedPartner at Schematic VenturesAditya RaghupathyAssociate at Schematic VenturesAnanya VasagiriAssociate at Schematic VenturesVrinda AgarwalInvestor at Canvas Ventures