About
Oscar Levy is a co-founder at River Markets with prior quantitative research roles at BlackRock and Sandbar Asset Management. He holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from UC Berkeley.
Co-Founder at River MarketsYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Oscar went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran River Markets's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Oscar can intro founders to River Markets's investors below.
River Markets's investors · 2
Co-founders at River Markets
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Antonin ParrotFounder
Experience
- River MarketsCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- BlackRockQuantitative Researcher2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Sandbar Asset Management LLPQuantitative Researcher2020 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- SONECTMachine Learning Researcher2018 — 2020Zurich, Switzerland
- NexthinkData Scientist2019Lausanne Area, Switzerland
Skills & more
Teamwork3Pandas (Software)Python6VueJS10Java8SQL2PHP1HTML1CSS2JavaScript1Github1Git2
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Microsoft ExcelFinal Cut ProWordPressGoogle AppsScikit-LearnNumPyMathematicsQuantitative FinanceStatistical ModelingMachine LearningProject ManagementMarket ResearchLanguages English · French · German · Italian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Oscar Levy?
- Oscar Levy is a co-founder at River Markets with prior quantitative research roles at BlackRock and Sandbar Asset Management. He holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from UC Berkeley.
- Where does Oscar Levy work?
- Oscar Levy is Co-Founder of River Markets.
- What companies did Oscar Levy found?
- Oscar Levy founded River Markets.
- Where did Oscar Levy go to school?
- Oscar Levy studied at University of California, Berkeley (Masters, Financial Engineering); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Masters, Financial Engineering); University of Surrey (BSc, Computer Science).
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