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About
Co-founder of Zavo, which develops an operating system for restaurant operations integrating AI across reservations, payments, and management functions.
Founder at ZavoYC F25
Intro paths
Ilkan went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Zavo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ilkan can intro founders to Zavo's investors below.
Zavo's investors · 16
Co-founders at Zavo
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ilkan Gezer?
- Co-founder of Zavo, which develops an operating system for restaurant operations integrating AI across reservations, payments, and management functions.
- Where does Ilkan Gezer work?
- Ilkan Gezer is Founder of Zavo.
- What companies did Ilkan Gezer found?
- Ilkan Gezer founded Zavo.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
UCL mafia310
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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