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James Zhang

Founder

Founder at Polly · Founder at Jambo

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedJamboPolly · YC

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About

James Zhang previously worked at Stripe and Notion. He co-founded Polly, a social platform used by millions of teenagers, and Whale, a short-form video Q&A service, following participation in Y Combinator's S17 batch.

Founder at PollyYC S17

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YC

James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, James can intro founders to Polly's investors below.

Polly's investors · 21

500 GlobalPalo Alto · $150K checks8VCAustin · $500K – $50M checksAmplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksAndrew ChenVenice · $1M checksBase10 PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksDCM VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $15M checksFifth WallLos Angeles · $250K – $100M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksInitialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksNycaNew York · $2M checksScript CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksTechstarsBoulder · $220K checksTransmedia CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksTrinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checksU-StartVenture Investment AssociatesPeapackY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Polly

RLRanidu Lankage
Ranidu LankageCEO
VAVicc Alexander
Vicc AlexanderFounder, Head of Mobile \u0026 Design
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Adam CarmelFounder

Founder at Jambo

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Jambo's investors · 22

Alameda ResearchCentral and Western · since 2022AsymmetricMiami · $10K – $1M checksCoinbase VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022DeFiance CapitalSingapore · since 2022Edessa CapitalFlori VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksGemini Frontier Fundsince 2022HashedSeoul · since 2022Hypersphere VenturesMiami BeachKingsway CapitalLondon · since 2022Morningstar VenturesDubai · since 2022Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2022ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022ParaFi CapitalNew York · since 2022Parafi General FundPolygon Studiossince 2022Sandeep Nailwalsince 2022Shima CapitalIrvine · $5M – $200M checks · since 2022Signum CapitalSingapore · since 2022Three Arrows Capitalsince 2022Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022Yolo Investments

Co-founders at Jambo

AZ
Alice ZhangFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is James Zhang?
James Zhang previously worked at Stripe and Notion. He co-founded Polly, a social platform used by millions of teenagers, and Whale, a short-form video Q&A service, following participation in Y Combinator's S17 batch.
Where does James Zhang work?
James Zhang is Founder of Jambo and Founder at Polly.
What companies did James Zhang found?
James Zhang founded Jambo, Polly.

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