Sovann Linden
FounderFounder at Excellence Learning
Palo Alto, California, United States
FoundedExcellence Learning · YC
About
Sovann holds a Mathematics Masters from Oxford and a Masters of Engineering from Stanford, where he conducted medical research. He has over 10 years of tutoring experience in mathematics education and previously worked in finance roles including at a hedge fund and SoftBank.
Founder at Excellence LearningYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Sovann went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Excellence Learning's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sovann can intro founders to Excellence Learning's investors below.
Excellence Learning's investors · 4
Co-founders at Excellence Learning
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Alexis BonnafontFounder
MM
Mattia MauroFounder
Experience
- Stealth AI StartupFoundercurrent2026 — present
- Excellence AICo-Founder2025
- G SquaredInvestor2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Stanford FoundersCo-Founder2023 — 2024Stanford, California, United States
- SoftBank Investment AdvisersAssociate, Portfolio Monitoring, Financial Due Diligence & Valuations2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- INVEREWE CAPITAL LONDON LIMITEDQuantitative Analyst2019 — 2021London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Valuation3Mathematics2Project ManagementResearchPython (Programming Language)2Microsoft OfficePublic SpeakingTeamworkLeadership
Languages English · French · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sovann Linden?
- Sovann holds a Mathematics Masters from Oxford and a Masters of Engineering from Stanford, where he conducted medical research. He has over 10 years of tutoring experience in mathematics education and previously worked in finance roles including at a hedge fund and SoftBank.
- Where does Sovann Linden work?
- Sovann Linden is Founder of Excellence Learning.
- What companies did Sovann Linden found?
- Sovann Linden founded Excellence Learning.
- Where did Sovann Linden go to school?
- Sovann Linden studied at Stanford University (Master's degree, Management & Engineering (MS&E)); University of Oxford (Master of Mathematics, MMath); Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de Londres (French Baccalauréat, Scientific Stream).
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