# Ansel Parikh

> Ansel Parikh is co-founder. Finch on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder.

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.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansel-parikh/

## What Ansel builds

- [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.

## Works with

- [Jeremy Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeremy-zhang/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)
- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [Bedrock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bedrock/)
- [SemperVirens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sempervirens/)
- [QED Investors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/qed-investors/)
- [PruVen Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pruven-capital/)
- [Altman Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altman-capital/)
- [Intuit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/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.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyziyuzhang/
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/finch
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansel-parikh/
- https://www.tryfinch.com/
- https://developer.tryfinch.com/how-finch-works/quickstart
- https://www.tryfinch.com/company/about
- https://support.tryfinch.com/

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