Vetted Co-Founders in the NYC Metro

“Entrepreneur building a mental healthcare solution (business plan + prototype; no capital raised yet) targeting therapists and patients. Former Fortune 50 leader who drove a multi-year digital transformation from stakeholder discovery through funding and execution, and previously scaled a data monetization offering by securing 20+ channel partnerships and investing in partner enablement and brand awareness.”

“Repeat startup co-founder with multiple successful exits and significant fundraising experience (most recent raise $6M USD; prior raise £10M GBP). Interested in roles bridging investors and startups—performing due diligence and evaluating MVPs/USPs to help firms invest in the right companies and support portfolio growth toward exit.”

Andrew Chang

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Executive operator and startup investor specializing in FinTech, crypto, and regulated blockchain

New York, NY22y exp

“Former COO of Paxos who joined near inception and helped scale the company to a $2.4B valuation, owning operations across nearly all functions and implementing core operating systems like OKRs and decision frameworks. Now advises and coaches early-stage founders through Lynx Collective (NYC startup community he founded), teaches a Startup Executive Bootcamp, serves as an NYU Stern adjunct professor, and sits on a public company board.”

Eric Holden

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Senior technology and operations leader specializing in digital transformation

Manhattan, NY14y exp

“Strategy and operations leader with cross-sector experience in tech, finance, government, and logistics, known for building and scaling transformation and automation programs from the ground up. Their track record includes $4M in annual automation savings/revenue, $5M+ in first-year savings for financial institutions through KYC/AML workflow automation, and a new logistics service launch that expanded to multiple cities and generated $15M in revenue.”

“Freelance CTO with a track record of founding and building early web products, including an award-winning baby website creation platform that was acquired by eStyle after gaining traction via retail/mail-order distribution and PR. Also built a sports event text-alert product, engineering around missing data APIs via a replaceable scraping layer.”

“Founder-turned-investor with a rare blend of startup building, technology investment banking, and growth-stage climate tech investing. Built and pivoted Bizi through direct customer discovery, then advised tech companies at Citi and led 30+ diligences at Carbon Direct Capital, including helping drive a $20M investment in optical AI chip company Neurophos.”

Omri Galor

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Mid-level quantitative analyst and startup founder specializing in predictive analytics and FinTech

New York City, NY7y exp

“Analytical operator with an unusual mix of public-sector strategy, startup investing, Deutsche Bank quantitative risk work, and hands-on startup cofounding. He has operated from institutional finance to zero-to-one execution, including driving a model improvement that reduced unnecessary loss impact by tens of millions and helping convert startup partnership outreach into a formal acquisition review.”

“Embodied AI/robotics ML engineer with hands-on experience deploying POMDP-based reinforcement learning controllers on real mobile robots and vehicle fleets. Strong in sim-to-real robustness (domain randomization) and production rollout practices (HIL, shadow-mode, canaries, safety instrumentation), and has published related work (mentions a NeurIPS paper).”

“Startup operator with growth, partnerships, and cross-functional execution experience across a Southeast Asia B2B2C marketplace and a large telco environment. Notable for scaling merchant acquisition from 80 to 800+ at seed stage, building team operating structure, and managing high-complexity launches involving 150 stakeholders and nationwide distribution.”

Jeff Zhou

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Senior strategy and operations leader specializing in product, M&A, and growth strategy

New York, NY10y exp

“Strategy and corporate development leader with a rare mix of big-company M&A experience at Indeed, private equity training, and hands-on founder experience. They have advised leadership on inorganic growth in HR tech, helped take a job seeker product from market research to launch and monetization, and built a mentor-mentee marketplace for international students in New York.”

Jonathan Cook

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Executive product leader specializing in AI-native human-in-the-loop platforms

New York, NY17y exp

“Product leader with experience driving major platform builds and even company pivots, including transforming Kinetic from a wearables-focused insurtech into an AI-enabled workers' comp claims platform. Combines deep customer discovery, low-tech MVP experimentation, and strong cross-functional judgment; also helped shape smartwatch app platform strategy at Fitbit and has a clear philosophy of AI as a human decision-support tool rather than a replacement.”

“Co-founded and led the business side of Plasma Nutrition for a decade, commercializing atmospheric-plasma technology to improve protein efficacy/absorption. Bootstrapped for 5 years before raising venture funding, leveraged FoodX accelerator validation, and navigated a major go-to-market pivot (B2C to B2B). Drove growth by renegotiating out of an exclusive manufacturing arrangement and scaling to roughly six brand partners within a year.”

“Full-stack engineer with early-stage startup experience at Compass, working across backend services, data pipelines, and React applications in a fast-moving real estate platform. Stands out for combining hands-on systems work—like a Kafka/Python ingestion pipeline that cut latency 35%—with product impact, including dashboard workflow changes tied to a 12% lift in lead conversion.”