# Jeremy Zhang

> Jeremy Zhang is the co-founder and CEO of Finch, a San Francisco-based company building the unified API layer for employment systems. After studying Electrical Engineering and Economics at Duke University and engineering connected-car APIs at Smartcar, Zhang co-founded Finch in 2020 with Ansel Parikh to solve a deceptively simple problem: why does every HR and payroll software company make developers rebuild the same integrations from scratch? Finch now connects 200+ HR and payroll providers, covers 88% of U.S. employers, and has processed data for 18+ million employees. The company has raised $58.5 million in venture funding from General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, and Y Combinator.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Finch
- **Organizations:** Finch, Y Combinator, True Ventures, On Deck
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Economics, Duke University
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30, Co-founded Finch, which raised $58.5M total from General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, QED, and Y Combinator, Built Finch to cover 200+ HR/payroll integrations, reaching 88% of U.S. employers

## Career timeline

- **2015** — True Ventures Fellow — one of 14 undergraduates selected for full-immersion entrepreneurship and VC program
- **2016** — Software Engineer Intern at Amazon Robotics, contributing to R&D
- **2017** — Joined Smartcar as an early engineer, building connected-vehicle APIs
- **2019** — Left Smartcar after transitioning to leading product initiatives
- **2020** — Met co-founder Ansel Parikh through On Deck Fellowship (ODF2)
- **2020** — Co-founded Finch during COVID-19; accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2020
- **2020** — Raised $3.5M seed round led by General Catalyst
- **2022** — Raised $15M Series A led by Menlo Ventures; Finch connected 10,000+ employers
- **2023** — Raised $40M Series B co-led by General Catalyst and Menlo Ventures
- **2024** — Finch named HackerNoon Startup of the Year in San Francisco (#3 in North America)
- **2025** — Finch marks 5 years; platform processes 5M+ daily API calls for 18M+ employees

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30
- Co-founded Finch, which raised $58.5M total from General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, QED, and Y Combinator
- Built Finch to cover 200+ HR/payroll integrations, reaching 88% of U.S. employers
- Grew platform to 18M+ employees connected and 5M+ daily API calls
- Achieved 12x revenue growth between Series A and Series B
- Achieved cash flow positivity
- HackerNoon Startup of the Year — San Francisco (2024), ranked #3 in North America
- One of 14 Duke undergraduates selected for True Ventures' entrepreneurship fellowship
- Built AntiCor algorithm in Java with 293% average historic annual return on NYSE backtesting

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Finch celebrates 5 years of operation with 200+ integrations and 18M+ employees on platform
- **2024-12** — Jeremy Zhang featured on SMB Tech Innovators Podcast discussing modernizing employment data infrastructure
- **2024-01** — Finch named HackerNoon Startup of the Year in San Francisco, ranked #3 among all North American startups
- **2023-02** — Finch closes $40M Series B co-led by General Catalyst and Menlo Ventures
- **2022-06** — Finch raises $15M Series A; platform reaches 10,000+ employers connected

## Links

- Website: https://tryfinch.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyziyuzhang
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jerzzhang
- GitHub: https://github.com/jerzzhang

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Last updated: 2026-05-16