Where does Paul Zhang work?

Paul Zhang is Cofounder, Chief Information Officer of Avant and Founder/CTO at Debteye.

What companies did Paul Zhang found?

Paul Zhang founded Avant, Debteye.

Where did Paul Zhang go to school?

Paul Zhang studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, Computational Bioengineering).

Paul Zhang

Founder

Cofounder, Chief Information Officer at Avant · Founder/CTO at Debteye

Greater Chicago Area

FoundedAvant Debteye · YC

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Garry TanunlockedPaul: together at Y Combinator (2011)

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×3Paul: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Paul: together at Avant

About

Paul Zhang cofounded Debteye as CTO and later cofounded Avant, where he currently serves as CTO.

Cofounder, Chief Information Officer at Avant

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Avant's investors · 8

Alpha Ascent Ventures LlcHong Kong Ansa CapitalNew York · $5M – $15M checks August CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M checks Haymaker VenturesClaremont · $1M – $10M checks Hyde Park Venture PartnersChicago · $500K – $3M checks Lobby CapitalPalo Alto QED InvestorsAlexandria · $30K – $25M checks RRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checks

Founder/CTO at Debteye YC S11

Intro paths

Paul went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Debteye's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2011

Co-founders at Debteye

John SunFounder

Kevin YuFounder

Experience

AvantChief Information Officercurrent2023 — present
AvantChief Technology Officer2019 — 2023Greater Chicago Area
AvantChief Architect2016 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
AvantChief Technology Officer2012 — 2016Greater Chicago Area
Hyde Park AngelsAngel Investorcurrent2020 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
Debteye, Inc, part of YCombinator S2011Technical Founder2011 — 2012Santa Clara, California
Enova FinancialSenior Software Engineer2010 — 2011
CashNetUSASoftware Engineer2009 — 2010

Skills & more

Web Development7Software Development2Start-ups4Front-end5Web Applications6Ruby15Ruby on Rails24JavaScript8Git4SQL5CSS2PostgreSQL12

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Languages Chinese · English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Paul Zhang?: Paul Zhang cofounded Debteye as CTO and later cofounded Avant, where he currently serves as CTO.
Where does Paul Zhang work?: Paul Zhang is Cofounder, Chief Information Officer of Avant and Founder/CTO at Debteye.
What companies did Paul Zhang found?: Paul Zhang founded Avant, Debteye.
Where did Paul Zhang go to school?: Paul Zhang studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, Computational Bioengineering).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia352

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Max LevchinBSFounded PayPal +2 Luke NosekBSFounded PayPal Ansuman SatpathyPhilosophyFounded Santa Ana +4 Maria FardisB.S.Founded Iovance +2 DeVaris BrownB.S.Founded Super Heroic +2 Harish AgarwalB.S.Founded Nori +2

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Hyde Park Angels mafia6

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Ira WeissFaculty LiasonFounded Hyde Park Venture Partners Deepak GargAssociate - Energy, Gaming and Hi-TechFounded Warpfy Arthur WatsonMemberFounded Castle Hill Holding Daniel WangAngel InvestorFounded Mspbots Guy TurnerAssociate and MemberFounded Hyde Park Venture Partners

Avant mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

John SunCo-founder, Managing Director of AvantCredit UKFounded Spring Labs Holdings +2 Rod EbrahimiNew Products & TechnologyFounded Ready For Zero +1 Sebastian VillarrealHead of Product: AutoFounded Kin Insurance +1 Jason OngSoftware Engineer, Analyst (Backend)Founded Chamber

Debteye mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

John SunFounderFounded Spring Labs Holdings +2

Same school

Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign853

Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC Luke NosekCo-founder of PayPal; co-founder of Gigafund Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Deep NisharInvestment Team at General Catalyst Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista Capital NoorPartner at Clear Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Avant14

Robb HutchinsPartner, Portfolio Growth at Jump Capital Randy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJ Carlos SimonsenManaging Partner at Upload Ventures Rod EbrahimiFounder/CEO at Ready For Zero Jason OngFounder at Chamber Sebastian VillarrealCo-Founder at Kin

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Also worked at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign148

Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford David KoleskyPrincipal at MPM BioImpact Graham CareyInvestment Director - Advanced Materials at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag David AnSenior Software Engineer at Red Cell Incubation Sara Crown StarVenture Partner at FemHealth Ventures Dorin BanielPartner, Israel at NightDragon

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Also worked at Enova Financial8

Dean HattonFounding Partner at Las Olas Venture Capital Mark FriedganPrincipal at Hubrix Ventures Tannaz ChapmanManaging Director at Levine Leichtman Glen WangFounder at The Third Place Michael RoytmanDirector at Empirical Security John SunFounder at Debteye

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About

Cofounder, Chief Information Officer at Avant

Intro paths

Avant's investors · 8

Founder/CTO at DebteyeYC S11

Intro paths

Debteye's investors · 1

Co-founders at Debteye

Experience

Skills & more

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia352

Hyde Park Angels mafia6

Avant mafia5

Debteye mafia2

Same school

Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign853

Shared employers

Also worked at Avant14

Also worked at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign148

Also worked at Enova Financial8

Founder/CTO at Debteye YC S11