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Mike Wang

Founder

Founder at Avina

Brooklyn, New York, United States

FoundedAvina · YC

About

Mike Wang is CTO and co-founder of Avina. He previously served as CTO and co-founder of Bowtie, an AI receptionist company that was acquired by Mindbody.

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Mike Wang @mikero_manager

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Apr 23, 2026 · ♥ 2

Mike Wang @mikero_manager

Avina is launching on Product Hunt today. Our agents will find your next customer AND pitch them. We've been working hard to bring you an intelligent GTM tool that doesn't require stitching together Clay, RB2B, Instantly, Hubspot, and AI models (but works and integrates with

Apr 19, 2026 · ♥ 2

Mike Wang @mikero_manager

I'm claiming my AI agent "poe_familiar" on @moltbook 🦞 Verification: marine-6LSS

Apr 5, 2026 · ♥ 1

Founder at AvinaYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Mike went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Avina's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Mike can intro founders to Avina's investors below.

Avina's investors · 4

Newark Venture PartnersNVP CapitalRRE VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Avina

VSVivek Sudarsan
Vivek SudarsanCEO & Co-Founder

Experience

  1. AvinaCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. PavilionMembercurrent2026 — present
  3. VariousAngel Investorcurrent2019 — present
  4. MINDBODY, Inc.Engineering Lead2019 — 2021New York, New York
  5. Bowtie.aiCo-founder & CTO (acquired)2016 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. LinkedInSWE Internship2015

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science
  2. Y Combinator2022
  3. Cornell TechMaster of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science
  4. Phillips Academy

Skills & more

Clutch3Java18JavaScript16Python14Software Development9User Interface6Algorithms7Machine Learning6GUI4Software Engineering5Computer Science7Hardware2
+12 moreTroubleshootingCC++C#HTMLCSSMVCAJAXjQueryPHPiOSProject Management

Languages Chinese · Russian

  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
  • Wilderness First Aid

From Mike's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Cornell University mafia182

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ryan XueBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded Andco +2Mada SegheteBSFounded Upside +1Natalia BakaevaData-Driven Marketing CertificateFounded cashew +1Euwyn PoonComputer ScienceFounded 3dot +1Phil YuenB.AFounded Aurabeat +1Daryl SewBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Certainly Health +1

+ 175 more

Phillips Academy mafia17

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Vanessa SmallFounded Alcheme BioDina BurkitbayevaFounded Freedom BiosciencesWill KantarosFounded DecentMiles LasaterFounded Purpose BuiltArun SaigalFounded ThunkableBelsasar LepeFounded Cerby

+ 10 more

Cornell Tech mafia11

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kiyan RajabiMaster of Science - MSFounded ReverCareChristophe RimannMaster of Engineering - MEngFounded CamberRishabh JainMaster's degreeFounded LatentZachary GittelmanMS Applied Information Science (Technion) & MS Information Systems (Cornell)Founded Mango HealthEytan RozenblumMaster's degreeFounded ForesightAntoine BertrandOperation Research and Information EngineeringFounded Foresight

+ 4 more

MindBody mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Eric LiawDirectorFounded SageVivek SudarsanProductFounded AvinaMolly AbbottPartner Platform Operations ManagerFounded Constructable

Same school

Also attended Cornell University710

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America

+ 704 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Cornell Tech18

Arjun HegdeAssociate at Moneta VenturesLourenço BelleauAssociate at ConvergeAnirvan BordoloiFund Manager at Big Red VenturesUmer FaizanFund Manager at Big Red VenturesRishabh SurendranResearch at Rock HealthBerend van NieuwlandAI Developer at Endeit Capital

+ 12 more

Also attended Phillips Academy87

Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesClay FisherInvestor at Spark CapitalConor DeveneyPrincipal at GreycroftLauren LeeInvestor at FJ LabsParag KhandelwalInvestor at Spectrum Equity

+ 81 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Avina1

Vivek SudarsanCEO & Co-Founder at Avina

Also worked at Pavilion44

Tony YangPortfolio Growth at Mucker CapitalDannyInvestor at MGV.VCMax AltschulerFounder & General Partner at GTMfundSophie BuonassisiSVP of Marketing at GTMfundCagdas YildizInvestment | Simya VC at 212Oliver ManojlovicVP Sales at Personio at PICUS CAPITAL

+ 38 more

Also worked at MINDBODY, Inc.18

Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersEric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Gail GoodmanSpecial Advisor at Data Point CapitalTyler NewtonManaging Partner at Catalyst InvestorsRyan McNallyCo-Founder & Senior Advisor at Catalyst InvestorsAbby LevyManaging Partner & Co-Founder at Primetime Partners

+ 12 more

Also worked at Bowtie.ai1

Vivek SudarsanCEO & Co-Founder at Avina