I back fintech founders from pre-seed to Series A at Propel Venture Partners in San Francisco.

Jenny Zhu on the Greenpoint waterfront, the Midtown Manhattan skyline across the East River behind her

Experience

2026–Present, Investor, Propel Venture Partners, San Francisco CA

2024–2026, Investment Banking Associate, FinTech, Perella Weinberg Partners, New York NY

2022–2023, Investment Banking Analyst, FinTech, Perella Weinberg Partners, New York NY

2021–2022, Investment Banking Analyst, FIG & FinTech, Broadhaven Capital Partners, New York NY

2020, Summer Analyst, Restructuring, Lazard Frères & Co., New York NY

2019, Global Fiduciary Platform Intern, Legg Mason, Stamford CT

2018, Intern, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Congressman Espaillat, New York NY

Selected Transactions

Ripple, $500M strategic investment

PayPal, divestiture of Happy Returns to UPS

Xpansiv, $525M capital raise led by Blackstone

FTX Debtors, M&A advisory in Chapter 11

Franklin Templeton, $1.75B acquisition of Lexington Partners

Redline Trading, sale to Pico

Education

2021, Columbia University, B.A. in Financial Economics, concentration in History, cum laude

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Elsewhere

Proficient in Mandarin

Mat Pilates instructor

Secondhand & fashion resale

Cooking, baking, reading, NBA basketball