Jonathan Weins
FounderFounder/CEO at Pop Meals
WP. Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FoundedPop Meals · YC
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About
Jonathan Weins is CEO and co-founder of Pop Meals, a Malaysia-based food company that operates more than 80 outlets and was part of Y Combinator's S17 batch. The company uses an AI-powered operating system to manage functions including demand forecasting, menu optimization, supply chain, and kitchen workflows, and was named an Endeavor Outlier in 2023. Prior to Pop Meals, Weins helped build a food delivery marketplace in Southeast Asia.
Founder/CEO at Pop MealsYC S17
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Co-founders at Pop Meals
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Chris EdelmannFounder
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Jessica LiFounder/COO
Experience
- Pop MealsCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2021 — presentKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- EndeavorEntrepreneurcurrent2022 — present
- dahmakanCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2015 — presentKuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- NexGenTInvestorcurrent2018 — presentSan Jose, CA
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorYC S172017Mountain View, CA
- foodpandaFounding team HK / Head of Business Development2014Hong Kong
- Kleef & Co LtdProject Manager / Founding employee HK2012 — 2014Hong Kong
- Boysen KNOxOUTManager Projects & Sales/ HK roll-out team2012 — 2013
- McKinsey & CompanyMcKinsey FirstHand2011 — 2012
- Leonardo & Co. (now Houlihan Lokey)Mergers & Acquisitions2011Frankfurt am Main und Umgebung, Deutschland
- Deutsche BankInvestment Banking2010Frankfurt am Main und Umgebung, Deutschland
- Mise en PlaceWaiter & service staff at events2008Deutschland
Skills & more
Thomson One2Entrepreneurship85Management Consulting8Venture Capital10Start-ups78Business Ideas4Execution of Business Plans6Business Development70Future Trends4Intercultural Communication2Mergers & Acquisitions20Emerging Markets5
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E-commerceInternational BusinessBusiness StrategyMarketing StrategyProject ManagementMarketingConsultingMS Office SuiteMS ProjectBloombergSPSSCapital IQLanguages English · French · German
- Deep Learning Specialization — DeepLearning.AI
- Sequence Models — DeepLearning.AI
- Convolutional Neural Networks — DeepLearning.AI
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects — DeepLearning.AI
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — DeepLearning.AI
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — DeepLearning.AI
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jonathan Weins?
- Jonathan Weins is CEO and co-founder of Pop Meals, a Malaysia-based food company that operates more than 80 outlets and was part of Y Combinator's S17 batch. The company uses an AI-powered operating system to manage functions including demand forecasting, menu optimization, supply chain, and kitchen workflows, and was named an Endeavor Outlier in 2023. Prior to Pop Meals, Weins helped build a food delivery marketplace in Southeast Asia.
- Where does Jonathan Weins work?
- Jonathan Weins is Founder/CEO of Pop Meals.
- What companies did Jonathan Weins found?
- Jonathan Weins founded Pop Meals.
- Where did Jonathan Weins go to school?
- Jonathan Weins studied at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (International Business); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Alternative Investment Conference); Maastricht University (International Business Economics).
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