# Jean-Denis Greze

> Jean-Denis Greze is the Co-Founder and CEO of Town, an AI-powered tax platform for small businesses that raised an $18M seed round led by First Round Capital in March 2025. Previously, he served as CTO of Plaid, where he scaled the engineering team from 20 to 350 people, and before that as Director of Engineering at Dropbox. A Columbia CS grad and Harvard Law JD, he brings an unusually cross-disciplinary approach to building technology companies at the intersection of finance, law, and software.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Town
- **Organizations:** Town, Plaid, Dropbox, ASDF Ventures
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Columbia University, M.S. in Computer Science, Columbia University, J.D., Harvard Law School
- **Known for:** Scaled Plaid's engineering team 17.5x from 20 to 350 engineers in 4 years, Helped grow Plaid to a $13.4 billion valuation, Raised $18M seed round for Town from First Round Capital and top fintech angels

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked in fintech in New York during the first internet bubble
- **Mid 2000s-2010s** — Attended Harvard Law School; practiced law briefly before returning to engineering
- **2010s** — Joined Dropbox as Director of Engineering, led growth, identity, notifications, Paper, and payments teams
- **2017** — Joined Plaid as Head of Engineering / CTO
- **2017-2021** — Scaled Plaid's engineering team from 20 to 350 engineers (17.5x growth) as company valuation reached $13.4B
- **2021** — Left Plaid after four years; began angel investing and advising startups
- **2024** — Co-founded Town with Tony Vincent (former Google AI/ML Director) to build AI-powered tax platform for small businesses
- **2025-03** — Town raised $18M seed round led by First Round Capital

## Achievements

- Scaled Plaid's engineering team 17.5x from 20 to 350 engineers in 4 years
- Helped grow Plaid to a $13.4 billion valuation
- Raised $18M seed round for Town from First Round Capital and top fintech angels
- Built engineering culture of ownership at two iconic fintech/tech companies (Dropbox, Plaid)
- Angel investor for nearly two decades across ~17 investments in AI, fintech, and developer tools
- Co-investor at ASDF Ventures
- Featured in TechCrunch, The Information, FinTech Futures, and multiple top engineering podcasts

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Town raised $18M seed round led by First Round Capital, with participation from Conviction, Alt Capital, Defy, Depth, Mischief, WndrCo, and angels including Adam D'Angelo, Christina Cacioppo, Immad Akhund, and William Hockey.
- **2024** — Co-founded Town, an AI-powered tax platform for small businesses, with Tony Vincent as CPO.

## Links

- Website: https://greze.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeandenisgreze
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jgreze
- GitHub: https://github.com/jeandenis

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Last updated: 2026-05-14