Olivia Zhang
InvestorPartner at Shine Capital
New York, New York
Writes $1M – $7M checks · typically $5M
About
Olivia Zhang is a partner and data scientist with a rare quantitative investing background, formerly a Sequoia data scientist—open to founders and experienced with student and first-time entrepreneurs.
Experience
- ContractingSoftware Engineercurrent2025 — present
- Blackbird Labs, Inc.Data Science2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- Shine CapitalInvestor and Data Scientist2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- Sequoia CapitalData Scientist, Intern2020
- AccelVenture and Growth, Summer Associate2019Palo Alto, CA
- CarbonProduct, Software Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Princeton UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyComputer Systems
Skills & more
Strategic Planning9Leadership11Java5Microsoft Office7Python4Teamwork6HTML4PHP2JavaScript4Research4Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)3Microsoft Excel3
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Microsoft WordComputer ScienceMicrosoft PowerPointLanguages Chinese · English · Spanish
- RYT-200 — East West Yoga
From Olivia's professional profile.
Colleagues at Shine Capital
Adam Hanft
Operating Partner at Shine Capital
Alex Hartz
General Partner at Shine Capital
Amanda Niu
General Partner and CFO at Shine Capital
Arinjay Singhai
Investor at Shine Capital
Arthur Matuszewski
Venture Partner at Shine Capital
Carl Tremblay
Operating Partner at Shine Capital
Elie Seidman
Venture Partner at Shine Capital
Emma Sokoloff
Partner at Shine Capital
Network2
Investors connected to Olivia in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Olivia Zhang work?
- Olivia Zhang is Partner at Shine Capital.
- What check size does Olivia Zhang write?
- Olivia Zhang typically writes checks of $1M – $7M.
Same school
Also attended Princeton University556
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Also attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology51
Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftMorgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer CapitalEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersShreyas GargInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Mike DauberGeneral Partner at Amplify PartnersAnis RashidEIR at Serena Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Blackbird Labs, Inc.1
Also worked at Shine Capital14
Mo KoyfmanFounder and General Partner at Shine CapitalAlex HartzGeneral Partner at Shine CapitalEthan DalyGeneral Partner at Shine CapitalElie SeidmanVenture Partner at Shine CapitalAmanda NiuGeneral Partner and CFO at Shine CapitalJenna FieldHead of Investor Relations and Communications at Shine Capital
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Also worked at Sequoia Capital175
Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups; All-In co-hostAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm
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