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David Jin Li

Founder

Founder at Denki

United Kingdom

FoundedDenki · YC

About

David Jin Li studied computer science at Imperial College and previously worked as a financial research engineer at MacroHive, which was acquired by BGC. He is building AI-powered tools for internal audit functions at financial technology companies.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at DenkiYC F25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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

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In turn, David can intro founders to Denki's investors below.

Denki's investors · 3

20VCShine CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Denki

FJFelipe Jin Li
Felipe Jin LiFounder

Experience

  1. Denki (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. ISACAMembercurrent2025 — present
  3. The Institute of Internal AuditorsMembercurrent2025 — present
  4. Macro HiveResearch Engineer2024
  5. International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)Top 13 Competitive Programmer – British Informatics Olympiad2023Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Education

  1. Imperial College LondonBachelor's degree, Computing
  2. Eton College
  3. Y CombinatorFall 2025

Skills & more

Languages English · Mandarin Chinese · Spanish

From David'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

Imperial College London mafia119

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Nessan BerminghamDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Korro Bio +1Slava SolonitsynMBAFounded No Cap +1Barnaby MaletPhDFounded machine0 +1Ali AttarMaster’s DegreeFounded Lightberry +1Saurav MitraMaster’s DegreeFounded Okibi +1Marvin Abdel-MassihMaster of ScienceFounded Uplane +1

+ 112 more

Eton College mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Tim FunnellBiologyFounded Ascend Advanced TherapiesJon GrallBiologyFounded SimplyListedJeremy HindleFounded HeadstartEdward HuangFounded finbarMatthew CollinsHigh SchoolFounded CorveraDev KarpeA Levels: EconomicsFounded Praxis AI

Same school

Also attended Imperial College London432

Deji SasegbonVP, Platform & Portfolio Operations at EchoVC PartnersMadison LenormandInvestor at DaphniPauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniLoubaba El AyoubiInvestor at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at MedicxiFrancois PrinslooInvestor at Medicxi

+ 426 more

Also attended Eton College40

Chris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystCoen ArmstrongInvestor at Spark CapitalThomas MaranoAssociate, US at RTP GlobalDevin KohliCo-Founder and General Partner at Outward VCCharles SpicerNon-Executive Chair at EMV CapitalAlexander RossGeneral Partner & Head of New York at Illuminate Financial

+ 34 more

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

Shared employers

Also worked at Denki (YC F25)1

Felipe Jin LiFounder at Denki

Also worked at ISACA1

Felipe Jin LiFounder at Denki

Also worked at The Institute of Internal Auditors1

Felipe Jin LiFounder at Denki

Also worked at Macro Hive1

Mehdi FarooqInvestment Partner at Hypersphere Ventures