About
Ansel Parikh is a co-founder at Finch. He previously worked as a venture capitalist at Bond and Kleiner Perkins.
Founder at FinchYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Ansel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Finch's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ansel can intro founders to Finch's investors below.
Finch's investors · 11
Clocktower VenturesSanta Monica · $100K – $20M checksFiDi VenturesNew YorkGold House VenturesCovina · $100K – $1M checksHomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checksMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksPruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checksQED InvestorsAlexandria · $30K – $25M checksRecall CapitalSan Bruno · $300K – $1M checksSaga VenturesAustinSemperVirens Venture CapitalSan MateoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Finch
JZ
Jeremy ZhangFounder
Experience
- FinchCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HR Open Standards ConsortiumBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- BondInvestor2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Kleiner PerkinsInvestor2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Stifel Financial Corp.Equity Research Associate2013 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- Paradigm CapitalResearch Analyst Intern2013Greater New York City Area
- Millennium PartnersResearch Analyst Intern2012 — 2013Greater New York City Area
- Ader Investment ManagementResearch Analyst Intern2011 — 2012Greater New York City Area
- Continuum EconomicsResearch Analyst Intern2011Greater New York City Area
- China Economic ReviewResearch Analyst Intern2011Shanghai, China
Skills & more
Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Bloomberg16Microsoft Excel16Capital IQ3Bloomberg Terminal6Due Diligence6Financial Modeling22Equity Research26Economics19Equity Valuation14Financial Analysis16Fixed Income Analysis2
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Hedge FundsValuationCapital MarketsFixed IncomeEquitiesEmerging MarketsAlternative InvestmentsQuantitative Finance- Series 7, 86, 87, 65 — FINRA
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ansel Parikh?
- Ansel Parikh is a co-founder at Finch. He previously worked as a venture capitalist at Bond and Kleiner Perkins.
- Where does Ansel Parikh work?
- Ansel Parikh is Founder of Finch.
- What companies did Ansel Parikh found?
- Ansel Parikh founded Finch.
- Where did Ansel Parikh go to school?
- Ansel Parikh studied at Y Combinator; NYU Stern School of Business (Bachelor of Science, Finance); NYU Shanghai.
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