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Fintech Founder Directory

Founders building the future of finance, payments, and banking.

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Haakam Aujla
@haakamaujla

Former quantitative trading intern at Optiver, now co-founder of AgentMail (YC S25), building tools for AI agents.

FundedTechnical
3 VCs
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Sajeel Purewal
@sajeel_purewal

Former analyst at RBC Capital Markets, now co-founder of 3E8 Robotics. Previously worked in private banking at RBC Wealth Management.

Finance
3 VCs
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Building an AI trading assistant called Alpha that's currently in beta launch phase.

Founder
3 VCs
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Composio
@composio

IIT Bombay CS grad with experience at Google and Rubrik, then founding PM/Engineer at Nirvana Insurance. Now co-founder of Composio, building skills that evolve with AI agents. Also works as an A16Z Scout.

FundedTechnicalProduct
3 VCs

Building AI agents for insurance at General Magic. Previously participated in a16z Speedrun 005 program.

Funded
3 VCs
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Yenwod
@yenwod_

Former high-frequency trading market maker (since 2015) turned co-founder of @pascaldottrade.

Web3
3 VCs
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Grigore Rosu
@rosugrigore

Former NASA researcher and professor at UIUC Siebel School, inventor of the K Framework and founder of RV Inc. Now building payments infrastructure for AI agents at Pi2 Labs.

Web3TechnicalResearch
3 VCs
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Satya Patel
@saddle_paddle

Portfolio manager at Matthews Asia for 12 years, now COO at South Harbor Management. Co-founder of Superset.

OperationsFinance
3 VCs
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George Lewin-Smith
@iam_gls

Former Goldman Sachs VP in Global Banking and Markets, now co-founder and CEO of Testudo, building insurance solutions for AI and GenAI risk.

FundedProductFinance
3 VCs
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Eli Mohamad
@elimohamad

Core team member at CryoDAO and head of DAO Hydra, focused on decentralized science initiatives in cryosleep, biological replacement, and longevity. Previously served as Commercialization Lead at VitaDAO and Entrepreneur in Residence at Narwhal Sciences.

Web3OperationsFinanceBizDev
2 VCs
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