Michael Zhao
InvestorFounderPrincipal at Eniac Ventures · Founder/Board Member at Vimcal
Brooklyn, New York, United States
FoundedVimcal · YC
About
Principal at Eniac investing in pre-seed and seed founders with a focus on AI infrastructure. He previously co-founded and served as CTO of Vimcal and held product roles at Microsoft and Kabam.
Founder/Board Member at VimcalYC S18
Intro paths
YC
Michael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Michael can intro founders to Vimcal's investors below.
Vimcal's investors · 8
Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks · since 2023Asymmetric Capital PartnersBoston · $1M – $10M checks · since 2023Earl Grey CapitalAustin · since 2023Function VenturesMiami · $10K – $300K checks · since 2023Hyphen CapitalSan Francisco · since 2023Vibe CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $10M checks · since 2023Wayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checks · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018
Co-founders at Vimcal
JL
John LiFounder
Experience
- Eniac VenturesPrincipalcurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- VimcalBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- VimcalCo-Founder & CTO2018 — 2026New York, New York, United States
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2026 — present
- Various StartupsAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
- MicrosoftProduct Manager2016 — 2018Palo Alto
- KabamProduct Manager - growth & game economy2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Y CombinatorS18 Batch2018
- University of California, BerkeleyComputer Science & Environmental Economics
Skills & more
ipython6Microsoft Excel24TableauPowerPoint16Microsoft Office16Java8Matlab6CSS4Python4JavaScript1SQL2XHTML
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Microsoft PowerPointData ScienceData AnalysisMarket ResearchEconomicsStatisticsFinancial AnalysisSocial MediaProduct ManagementAmazon RedshiftData AnalyticsBig Data AnalyticsLanguages Chinese · English · Latin
From Michael's professional profile.
Colleagues at Eniac Ventures
Dan Donovan
Business Operations Manager at Eniac Ventures
Dan Jaeck
Principal at Eniac Ventures
Dorian Rutherford
Head of Platform at Eniac Ventures
Hadley Harris
Co-Founder and General Partner at Eniac Ventures
Kat Choe
Office Manager at Eniac Ventures
Kristin McDonald
Partner at Eniac Ventures
Mike Witkowski
CFO at Eniac Ventures
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Nihal Mehta
Co-Founder and General Partner at Eniac Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Michael Zhao work?
- Michael Zhao is Principal at Eniac Ventures and Founder/Board Member at Vimcal.
- What companies did Michael Zhao found?
- Michael Zhao founded Vimcal.
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Eniac Ventures mafia2
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Shared employers
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