About
Eren Mendi is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Expanse. He previously worked on emerging technology prototypes in quantitative finance at G-Research and holds degrees in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh and Imperial College London.
Founder at ExpanseYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Eren went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Expanse's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Eren can intro founders to Expanse's investors below.
Expanse's investors · 2
Co-founders at Expanse
Experience
- ExpanseCo-Founder & CPOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- G-ResearchSoftware Engineer2025London
- School of Informatics, The University of EdinburghResearch Intern2023 — 2025Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh University Trading and Investment ClubChairman2023 — 2024
- Edinburgh University Trading and Investment ClubHead of Alternatives Sector2022 — 2023
- Edinburgh University Trading and Investment ClubSenior Research Analyst2022
- Edinburgh University Trading and Investment ClubJunior Research Analyst2021 — 2022
- OptiverSpring Intern2023Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- CitadelSpring Intern2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- VodafoneMachine Learning Intern2022
- MobvenIntern2019Istanbul, Türkiye
- BarclaysIntern2018Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Team Management1Public SpeakingMacro Analysis1Cash Flow Analysis1Equity ResearchPortfolio ManagementSocial Media MarketingStatistical Data AnalysisExpress.jsIT ManagementMachine Learning2NumPy1
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MatplotlibRandom ForestMarket ResearchData AnalysisHaskellFunctional ProgrammingDCF ValuationLinear AlgebraDiscrete MathematicsStatistical ModelingHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)From Eren's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eren Mendi?
- Eren Mendi is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Expanse. He previously worked on emerging technology prototypes in quantitative finance at G-Research and holds degrees in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh and Imperial College London.
- Where does Eren Mendi work?
- Eren Mendi is Founder of Expanse.
- What companies did Eren Mendi found?
- Eren Mendi founded Expanse.
- Where did Eren Mendi go to school?
- Eren Mendi studied at Imperial College London (Master of Science - MS, Advanced Computing); The University of Edinburgh (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence); d'Overbroeck's (High School Diploma, Maths).
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