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Alexis Aftalion

Founder

Founder at Standout

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedStandout · YC

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1,220 people in our graph share verified history with Alexis — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Alexis Aftalion previously founded Zealy, a Discord community engagement platform that reached 1.5 million monthly active users and $3 million in annual recurring revenue within a year. He is now co-founder and CEO of Standout.

Founder at StandoutYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Alexis went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Alexis can intro founders to Standout's investors below.

Standout's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Standout

WDWitold de La Chapelle
Witold de La ChapelleFounder

Experience

  1. Standout (YC P26)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentRégion de la baie de San Francisco
  2. ZealyCOO & Founding Team2022 — 2025
  3. AlvenVC2021 — 2022Paris, Île-de-France, France
  4. Rocket Internet SEGrowth & Data | Vitable2020 — 2021Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  5. vOx music agencyFundraiser2019Shanghai City, China
  6. BDOM&A Analyst2019Paris, France

Skills & more

Data Analysis2Sales Growth3Fundraising2Finance4Financial ModelingDigital MarketingGoogle Website OptimizerExcel ModelsMicrosoft Excel1Capital IQFactivaTableau
+1 moreAnglais

Languages Anglais · Chinois (simplifié) · Espagnol · Français

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alexis Aftalion?
Alexis Aftalion previously founded Zealy, a Discord community engagement platform that reached 1.5 million monthly active users and $3 million in annual recurring revenue within a year. He is now co-founder and CEO of Standout.
Where does Alexis Aftalion work?
Alexis Aftalion is Founder of Standout.
What companies did Alexis Aftalion found?
Alexis Aftalion founded Standout.
Where did Alexis Aftalion go to school?
Alexis Aftalion studied at Represented by Standout (Agent for my career); ESSEC Business School (Entrepreneurship, English Track); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Advanced Corporate Finance).

Founder mafias

Same school

Also attended Represented by Standout1

Witold de La ChapelleFounder at Standout

Shared employers

Also worked at Standout (YC P26)1

Witold de La ChapelleFounder at Standout