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Nicole Lu

InvestorFounder

CEO at sieve · Founder at Sieve

New York City Metropolitan Area

Foundedsieve · YCSieve · YC

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About

Nicole Lu worked at Citadel in research, trading, and data science roles, served as a management consultant at McKinsey, and developed cancer detection algorithms at the Broad Institute. She is co-founder and CEO of sieve, a company focused on data cleaning for financial firms.

CEO at sieveYC X25

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YC

Nicole went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran sieve's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Nicole can intro founders to sieve's investors below.

sieve's investors · 5

Clocktower VenturesSanta Monica · $100K – $20M checksFinancial Venture StudioSan JoseRestive VenturesSan Jose · $50K – $2.5M checksSBXiCambridge · $10K – $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Founder at SieveYC W22

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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

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In turn, Nicole can intro founders to Sieve's investors below.

Sieve's investors · 8

Clocktower VenturesSanta Monica · $100K – $20M checksCory LevyFjor FoundersLos AngelesMatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksRauch CapitalSeattleSwift VenturesSan FranciscoValor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Sieve

MVMokshith Voodarla
Mokshith VoodarlaFounder
AAAbhinav Ayalur
Abhinav AyalurFounder

Investments

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nicole Lu?
Nicole Lu worked at Citadel in research, trading, and data science roles, served as a management consultant at McKinsey, and developed cancer detection algorithms at the Broad Institute. She is co-founder and CEO of sieve, a company focused on data cleaning for financial firms.
Where does Nicole Lu work?
Nicole Lu is CEO of sieve and Founder at Sieve.
What companies did Nicole Lu found?
Nicole Lu founded sieve, Sieve.
What companies has Nicole Lu invested in?
Investments tracked here include Plexe, Vision Lab.

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