About
Xiaoyu Li was a quantitative trader at Optiver focused on index and equity options market-making, where he built and managed an algorithmic trading team. He attended Yale Medical School.
Founder at attimetYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Xiaoyu went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran attimet's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Xiaoyu can intro founders to attimet's investors below.
attimet's investors · 1
Co-founders at attimet
KB
Kirthi BanothuFounder
Experience
- AttimetFoundercurrent2025 — present
- OptiverQuantitative Trader2015 — 2023Greater Chicago Area
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Xiaoyu Li?
- Xiaoyu Li was a quantitative trader at Optiver focused on index and equity options market-making, where he built and managed an algorithmic trading team. He attended Yale Medical School.
- Where does Xiaoyu Li work?
- Xiaoyu Li is Founder of attimet.
- What companies did Xiaoyu Li found?
- Xiaoyu Li founded attimet.
- Where did Xiaoyu Li go to school?
- Xiaoyu Li studied at Y Combinator; Yale School of Medicine; Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University (Master of Science in Management (MSM), Finance).
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Case Western Reserve University mafia10
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Yale School of Medicine mafia8
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Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University mafia3
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures
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Lars PedersenPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Redpoint VenturesAlexi Nazem, MDGeneral Partner at AlleyCorpAnjali JagannathVice President, Finance at Northpond VenturesJeffrey LowPartner at Averin CapitalBridget Martell MA, MDSenior Biopharmaceutical Advisor at Two Bear CapitalAlley (Welsh) OlshanskyAdvisor at Casdin Capital
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Also attended Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University31
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Will BruneSenior Associate at Mutual Capital PartnersKT MooreAdvisor at Clear VenturesPete KoomenGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAsheem ChandnaPartner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure softwareMatt SteinChief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersKaren SpilizewskiBiomedical engineer helping accelerate life science technologies from development into the marketplace
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Shared employers
Also worked at Attimet1
Also worked at Optiver19
Mark DurstInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsJulia KuijsAssociate at FORWARD.oneDerek CheungChief Marketing Officer at Topaz InvestmentLe ShiHead of Trading at Auros GlobalBrian NormanChief Financial Officer at Auros GlobalLune DunningInvestment Director at Point King Capital
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