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  "markdown": "Co-founder.\n\nAnsel 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.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansel-parikh/\n\n## What Ansel builds\n\n- [Finch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/finch.md), graded BB, 71.7/100, in 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 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Jeremy Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeremy-zhang/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)\n- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)\n- [Bedrock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bedrock/)\n- [SemperVirens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sempervirens/)\n- [QED Investors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/qed-investors/)\n- [PruVen Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pruven-capital/)\n- [Altman Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altman-capital/)\n- [Intuit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/intuit/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Ansel Parikh?\n\nAnsel 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.\n\n### What does Profound Platform Inc. (dba Finch) make?\n\nAnchor 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.\n\n### Who has invested in Profound Platform Inc. (dba Finch)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Bedrock, SemperVirens, QED Investors, PruVen Capital, Altman Capital and Intuit.\n\n### How are Ansel's tools graded?\n\nFinch is graded BB, 71.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyziyuzhang/\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/finch\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansel-parikh/\n- https://www.tryfinch.com/\n- https://developer.tryfinch.com/how-finch-works/quickstart\n- https://www.tryfinch.com/company/about\n- https://support.tryfinch.com/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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