About
Stefan Zheng is Chief Product Officer at Mercura. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain, advised on operations across manufacturing plants, held a product management role at startups, and conducted research at MIT on language models. He studied at TU Munich and Harvard Business School.
Founder at MercuraYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Stefan 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 Mercura's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Stefan can intro founders to Mercura's investors below.
Mercura's investors · 3
Co-founders at Mercura
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Lukas BockFounder
Experience
- Mercura (YC W25)Co-Founder & CPOcurrent2024 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
- sento.ioProduct Manager2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- AugustusProduct Development2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Cherry VenturesInvestor2022Berlin, Germany
- Bain & CompanyAssociate Consultant2021Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Audi Consulting - part of the AUDI AGProject Management2021Germany
- Deutsche TelekomProject Management2020 — 2021Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Simon-Kucher & PartnersAssociate Consultant | Banking and Financial Services2020Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- SFM SystemsBusiness Development2020Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
- FC Bayern MünchenInternational Marketing and Strategy2020Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Skills & more
Siemens NX1Java1Microsoft Office4Community Engagement1Computer-Aided Design (CAD)1Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)HTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScriptUX DesignPython (Programming Language)C (Programming Language)
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Node.jsReact.jsManagement ConsultingBusiness DevelopmentStrategyPricing StrategySQLWeb DevelopmentAgile Project ManagementPodcastingLanguages Chinese · English · German · Latin · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stefan Zheng?
- Stefan Zheng is Chief Product Officer at Mercura. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain, advised on operations across manufacturing plants, held a product management role at startups, and conducted research at MIT on language models. He studied at TU Munich and Harvard Business School.
- Where does Stefan Zheng work?
- Stefan Zheng is Founder of Mercura.
- What companies did Stefan Zheng found?
- Stefan Zheng founded Mercura.
- Where did Stefan Zheng go to school?
- Stefan Zheng studied at Harvard Business School (Graduate Research); MIT Sloan School of Management (Graduate Research, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI)); Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (Honor's degree, Technology Management).
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