About
Preston Ellis is the founder of Axiom, a decentralized finance platform for trading memecoins and perpetual contracts with yield generation features.
Founder at AxiomYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Preston went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Axiom's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Preston can intro founders to Axiom's investors below.
Axiom's investors · 1
Co-founders at Axiom
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Henry ZhangFounder
Experience
Education
- UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science2024
- UC San DiegoBachelor's degree, Computer Engineering2021 — 2024
- The Harker School2017 — 2021
Skills & more
Kotlin3Embedded Systems7Arduino5Python (Programming Language)ArcGIS ProC++MongoDBNode.jsJavaScriptEthereumSmart ContractsProject Planning8
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data AnalysisData VisualizationEntrepreneurshipSoftware Project ManagementGo (Programming Language)Cloud ComputingWeb DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentFrom Preston's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)3
Also attended UC San Diego217
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiJamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersAbbie CelnikerInvestor at Third Rock Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at DoorDash42
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint VenturesRyan BatraInvestor at Khosla VenturesRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalPejman NozadFounding Managing Partner at Pear VCDing ZhouHead of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFire
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