About
Tim Zinkl grew up across Brazil, Spain, and China before studying in the UK and Germany. He previously built an events business while completing his undergraduate degree.
Founder at PairioYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Tim 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Pairio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Tim can intro founders to Pairio's investors below.
Pairio's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pairio
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Matthias WolfFounder
Experience
- PairioCEO & Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Stealth StartupCo-Founder2024 — 2025
- tozeroFounder‘s Associate2023 — 2024
- tozeroBusiness Development2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- FERNRIDEBusiness Development2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- AgrandoWorking Student Marketing2021 — 2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- ThinkTank Networks GmbH & Co. KGBusiness Development Intern2021Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
- Bohemia AberdeenCo-Founder2019 — 2020Greater Aberdeen Area
- Lufthansa CargoIntern Commercial Team Austria2018Vienna
Skills & more
Teamwork3Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointEnglish4Spanish4Portuguese1
Languages Chinese · English · German · Portuguese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tim Zinkl?
- Tim Zinkl grew up across Brazil, Spain, and China before studying in the UK and Germany. He previously built an events business while completing his undergraduate degree.
- Where does Tim Zinkl work?
- Tim Zinkl is Founder of Pairio.
- What companies did Tim Zinkl found?
- Tim Zinkl founded Pairio.
- Where did Tim Zinkl go to school?
- Tim Zinkl studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Master in Business Administration (M.Sc.)); Manage and More by UnternehmerTUM (Manage and More Scholarship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); University of Aberdeen (Master of Arts - MA Hons, Economics and Business Management).
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University of Aberdeen mafia7
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Colegio Visconde de Porto Seguro mafia5
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pairio1
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Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier Capital
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