About
Maanav Agrawal is a CEO and co-founder at Memoir who previously worked at IMC Trading and PwC. He holds a BS and MCS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Founder at MemoirYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Maanav went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Memoir's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Maanav can intro founders to Memoir's investors below.
Memoir's investors · 4
Co-founders at Memoir
JZ
Jason ZhanFounder
Experience
- Memoir (YC P26)Foundercurrent2026 — present
- IMC TradingSoftware Engineer Intern2025Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignGraduate Teaching Assistant2025
- Disruption Lab at GiesEngineering Manager (AI/ML + Full-Stack)2024 — 2025
- Disruption Lab at GiesProject Manager2023 — 2024
- Disruption Lab at GiesSoftware Engineer2022
- Disruption Lab at GiesSoftware Engineer2022
- PwCSoftware Engineer Intern2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
- The Grainger College of EngineeringCourse Assistant2022 — 2024
- WestRock CompanySoftware Engineer Intern2023Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- OTCR ConsultingManagement Consultant2022 — 2023
- Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSoftware Engineer Intern2022
Education
- Y CombinatorP26
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster's degree, Computer Science2025
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2021 — 2024
- Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL2017 — 2021
Skills & more
Monte Carlo Simulation2Options2Data Visualization2Quantum Computing2Academic Publishing2GPT2Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Amazon Web Services (AWS)2Python (Programming Language)2Jupyter2Next.js2React2
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JavaTeamworkC++PythonPyTorchJavaScriptFrom Maanav's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign388
Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesPaul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures
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Also attended Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL4
Shared employers
Also worked at Memoir (YC P26)1
Also worked at PwC1,079
David PhuController at Felicis VenturesTianen LiangTax Controller at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesAryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersAne Tolnes HaugdalInvestor at InvestinorEgilInvestor at Investinor
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