Founder of a listed tool
Ansel Parikh
Co-founder, named behind the Finch listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Ansel builds
Finch BB · Payroll infrastructure
Finch is a unified API for reading an employer's existing HR and payroll system, run by Profound Platform Inc. in San Francisco. Applications read directory, employment and pay data from 250+ systems and write payroll deductions.
Co-founder, researched 26 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Jeremy Zhang Co-founder and CEO
Backed by
Y Combinator Menlo Ventures General Catalyst Bedrock SemperVirens QED Investors PruVen Capital Altman Capital Intuit
Questions
Who is Ansel Parikh?
Ansel Parikh is a co-founder of Finch, an API for employment data systems, from Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch. He was previously a venture capitalist at Bond and Kleiner Perkins.
What does Profound Platform Inc. (dba Finch) make?
Anchor Terminal lists Finch from Profound Platform Inc. (dba Finch). Finch is a unified API for reading an employer's existing HR and payroll system, run by Profound Platform Inc. in San Francisco. Applications read directory, employment and pay data from 250+ systems and write payroll deductions.
Who has invested in Profound Platform Inc. (dba Finch)?
The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Bedrock, SemperVirens, QED Investors, PruVen Capital, Altman Capital and Intuit.
How are Ansel's tools graded?
Finch is graded BB, 71.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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