Fundraising Fox

Andy Zhang

Founder

Co-Founder at Tower

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FoundedTower Β· YC

About

Andy Zhang is co-founder and CTO of Tower, an M&A software company. He previously served as founding engineer at ArenaX Labs, a Web3 AI gaming startup that raised a Series A, and conducted reinforcement learning research at an investment trust; he holds degrees in computer science from the University of Waterloo and business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Andy Zhang @unholycucumber

Helping my mom fix her car settings; her car has @SpiderMan ads now wtf https://t.co/WgUwIRWZXQ

Jul 30, 2026

Andy Zhang @unholycucumber

Just spent 15 mins negotiating with a sardonic chatbot for my https://t.co/HHg1xMA0qK monthly subscription cost I don't even need a new email AI but felt compelled to sub because the onboarding was so unique well played @interaction

Sep 11, 2025 Β· β™₯ 5

Andy Zhang @unholycucumber

Great day to be Canadian 🍁

Feb 21, 2025 Β· β™₯ 4

Co-Founder at TowerYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Andy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Tower's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Andy can intro founders to Tower's investors below.

Tower's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Tower

ADAdam Dorfman
Adam DorfmanFounder

Experience

  1. Tower (YC W24)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AI ArenaFounding Engineer2021 β€” 2024
  3. OPTrustQuantitative Analyst, Machine Learning2021
  4. OPTrustInvestment Analyst, Machine Learning Research2020
  5. Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd.Private Equity Analyst2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  6. CI Investments Inc. (Cambridge Global Asset Management)Research Analyst2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  7. Blackhawk NetworkMarketing Analyst Intern2018Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  8. China Merchants BankCorporate Banking Intern2017Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Education

  1. Y CombinatorWinter 24 Batch2024
  2. University of WaterlooHonours Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS)2016 β€” 2021
  3. Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityHonours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance Concentration2016 β€” 2021
  4. Colonel By Secondary SchoolInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, Secondary School Diploma2012 β€” 2016

Skills & more

Microsoft Excel13Microsoft Word11Microsoft PowerPoint12Microsoft Office11Python10C8C++7Adobe Photoshop3VBA4Bloomberg Terminal4HTML/CSS2SQL3
+12 moreMicrosoft AccessMATLABTensorFlowKerasJavaScalaMapReducePyTorchProject ManagementResearchFinancial ModelingMarketing

Languages Chinese (Mandarin) Β· English Β· French

  • Derivatives Fundamentals Course β€” Canadian Securities Institute
  • Machine Learning for Trading (Google Cloud & New York Institute of Finance) β€” Coursera
  • Deep Learning Specialization (deeplearning.ai) β€” Coursera
  • Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) β€” Bloomberg
  • Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part II (Columbia University) β€” Coursera
  • Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I (Columbia University) β€” Coursera
  • Machine Learning (Stanford University) β€” Coursera
  • MATLAB Onramp β€” MathWorks
  • Bloomberg Analytics Certification (BAC) β€” Prism Resources - Wilfrid Laurier University
  • French Immersion Certificate β€” Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB)

From Andy's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

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

+ 1,458 more

Also attended University of Waterloo206

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 200 more

Also attended Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University15

Riley FinchInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture PartnersMark PresaccoAssociate Director at Espresso CapitalVignesh MarkanduHead of Operations at Unbounded CapitalChristy LaneVenture Partner at IA Capital GroupSean GildayVice President, Head of Network at ManchesterStory Group, LLCAdam DougallProgram Manager at Waterloo Accelerator Centre

+ 9 more

Shared employers

Also worked at CI Investments Inc. (Cambridge Global Asset Management)5

Andrew McBainVP, Sales Ontario at Purpose InvestmentsAnchal DemblaSr. Associate at Clairvest Group IncRob RussellPartner at EmmertechMaya KoshevyyInvestor at Empowered Startups Ltd.Chris CouprieAdvisory Board; VP, Portfolio Manager & Research Lead at CI Global Asset Management at Alate Partners

Also worked at Blackhawk Network4

Ron PragidesVice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITALSantosh SolletiInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsBrent WuPartner at Geodesic CapitalAnil AggarwalVenture Partner at Oak HC/FT

Also worked at China Merchants Bank3

Rui ZhangManaging Partner at gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)Simona XuSenior Research & Strategy Associate at Prosperity7 VenturesHao XiaCo-Founder & COO at LTP (LiquidityTech Protocol)