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Misha van Beek

Founder

Founder at Bayesline

Brooklyn, New York, United States

FoundedBayesline · YC

About

Misha van Beek holds a PhD in Financial Mathematics from the University of Amsterdam and previously served as Managing Director at BlackRock, where he oversaw portfolio risk modeling and economic scenario research for Aladdin. He is a co-founder of Bayesline.

Founder at BayeslineYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Misha went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, Misha can intro founders to Bayesline's investors below.

Bayesline's investors · 3

468 CapitalBerlin · since 2026Blockchain Founders Capital$500K checks · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Bayesline

SJSebastian Janisch
Sebastian JanischFounder

Experience

  1. Bayesline, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. BlackRockManaging Director2024New York, United States
  3. BlackRockDirector2021 — 2023New York, United States
  4. BlackRockVice President2019 — 2020New York, United States
  5. BlackRockAssociate2016 — 2018London, United Kingdom
  6. RabobankQuantitative Analyst2013 — 2016Utrecht Area, Netherlands
  7. RabobankJunior Risk Model Validator (1 day / week)2011 — 2012Utrecht Area, Netherlands
  8. RabobankIntern2011Utrecht Area, Netherlands
  9. SitelCall Centre Agent2007 — 2008Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Skills & more

Econometrics18Quantitative Finance12Derivatives3Finance7Financial Risk3Statistics8English20Dutch7Microsoft Excel6Matlab5VBA3C#1
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Misha van Beek?
Misha van Beek holds a PhD in Financial Mathematics from the University of Amsterdam and previously served as Managing Director at BlackRock, where he oversaw portfolio risk modeling and economic scenario research for Aladdin. He is a co-founder of Bayesline.
Where does Misha van Beek work?
Misha van Beek is Founder of Bayesline.
What companies did Misha van Beek found?
Misha van Beek founded Bayesline.
Where did Misha van Beek go to school?
Misha van Beek studied at Y Combinator (S24); University of Amsterdam (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stochastics); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (MSc, Finance and Economics (Research Track)).

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