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Tim Zinkl

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at Pairio

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPairio · YC

Find your path to Tim

393 people in our graph share verified history with Tim — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Erica VanunlockedTim: together at Stealth Startup (2025)

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×2Tim: together at University of Aberdeen

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.

Co-Founder & CEO at Pairio YC 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

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Pairio

MW

Matthias Wolf

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 Co-Founder & CEO 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).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

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

+ 10,223 more

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München mafia84

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Toby TriebelMaster of Business ResearchFounded Spotcap +1 Anselm BauerDiplomaFounded Stylight +1 Roman SchumacherMaster of ScienceFounded Personio +1 Benjamin GuentherDipl. Kfm.Founded Stylight +1 Reinhard MeierMedical SchoolFounded TeleClinic +1 Till WagnerMaster of Science - MSFounded Lio +1

+ 77 more

University of Aberdeen mafia23

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Duncan LoganBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Rocket Space +1 Alex RamírezMaster of Science (MSc)Founded Vendease +1 John CampbellBachelor of Science (BSc)Founded Resolution Therapeutics Paul-Louis BisbarreErasmus exchange - Bachelor levelFounded Boks Willie WattMaster of Arts - MAFounded Martin Currie Artis KehrisMaster of Management StudiesFounded Printify

+ 16 more

Manage and More by UnternehmerTUM mafia14

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Felix GerlachScholarship Manage & More G18Founded Passbase +1 Philip EllerManage&More ScholarshipFounded AccessOwl Vlad KeilManage and More by UnternehmerTUMFounded Lio Christopher GrittnerManage and More ScholarshipFounded Hey Telo Almo SutedjoManage and More ScholarshipFounded Comena Marvin Abdel-MassihManage&More ScholarshipFounded Uplane

+ 7 more

Colegio Visconde de Porto Seguro mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Maria FujiharaHigh SchoolFounded SINAI Technologies Inc. +2 Diego FischerHigh School DiplomaFounded CARUPI Bruno LoiolaFounded Pluggy Lucas MartinsHigh SchoolFounded Verde

Same school

Also attended Manage and More by UnternehmerTUM17

Jeremias HeinrichFounding Partner at PICUS CAPITAL Beatrice BöhmPrincipal at GET Fund Philip EllerFounder at AccessOwl Vlad KeilFounder at Lio (formerly askLio)Felix GerlachFounder/Building at Beglaubigt.de Christopher GrittnerFounder at Hey Telo

+ 11 more

Also attended University of Aberdeen77

Janet WolpertInvestor at Index Ventures Chloe ParamattiInvestor at EQT Ventures Isabelle TressonCommunications & Marketing Lead at Partech Ventures Will CadellVenture Advisor at Cultivation Capital Jai TaylorInvestor at Blue Wire Capital John CampbellEIR at Delin Ventures

+ 71 more

Also attended International School of Tianjin1

Daniel BakhFounder at Fullview

Also attended Colegio Visconde de Porto Seguro13

Romero RodriguesInvestor at Headline Humberto MatsudaVenture Partner – Brasil at Kamay Ventures André ZimmermannPartner at SHS Capital Felipe BrancoVice President, Financial Operations at Beringer Capital Partners Ltd.Guilherme CardosoInvestment Team at Lightrock Dennis Cheng NakamuraInvestor at Goldstreet Venture Capital

+ 7 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Pairio1

Matthias WolfFounder at Pairio

Also worked at Stealth Startup483

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Gabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of Harvey Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital HemamAdvisor at Clear Ventures Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Hamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray Ventures

+ 477 more

Also worked at FERNRIDE5

Marie-Helene AmetsreiterGeneral Partner at Speedinvest Nico SchoenenbergerInvestment Team at 10x Founders Mariana Pedraza CopeteInvestment Analyst at BONVENTURE Janine de LeeuwFounder's Associate at First Momentum Hendrik KramerFounder at Fernride

Also worked at Lufthansa Cargo6

Andrea GreinerSenior Manager Sales & Investment Consulting at SevenVentures Lars TimmerSenior Principal at Gimv Alexander HuberCFO at UVC Partners Florent SimonPrincipal at Play Ventures Hans-Peter RingerCo-Founder at Finn Martin WeberCo-founder at Sparetech