Fundraising Fox

Leo Gierhake

Founder

Founder at Laurence

FoundedLaurence Β· YC

About

Leo Gierhake worked as a researcher at Jump Trading developing quantitative models for cryptocurrency trading, and studied electrical engineering at ETH Zurich. He previously founded a crypto investing platform and has background in professional poker.

Founder at LaurenceYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Leo went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Laurence's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Leo can intro founders to Laurence's investors below.

Laurence's investors Β· 2

Co-founders at Laurence

MCMatthew Chen