Michael Zhang

2x founder | Helping startups hire uniquely entrepreneurial talent

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2015
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2015
This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.
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2023
CEO and founder
Jun 2023
Candidate Labs is a modern search firm built by a repeat VC-backed entrepreneur whos personally done the founder journey twice. We offer executive and professional search for companies that want access to highly entrepreneurial and impactful talent. Functions we cover: go-to-market, product, design, engineering, finance, and operations. Weve built iconic teams and hired leaders for: Notion (Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures) Retool (Sequoia Capital, a16z) Vercel (Accel) Deel (a16z, Spark Capital) Decagon (a16z, Bain Capital Ventures) Luma AI (a16z) Credal AI (Spark Capital) Cleanlab (Bain Capital Ventures, Menlo Ventures) Homie (Khosla Ventures, OpenAI) Concourse (a16z) Complete (Accel, Stripe) Muon Space (Radical Ventures, Costanoa) Coda (General Catalyst, Greylock) Modern Treasury (Benchmark) dbt Labs (Sequoia Capital, a16z) Tome (Greylock, Coatue) EvenUp (BCV, Lightspeed, Bessemer) Airbase (First Round, Menlo Ventures) Lattice (Thrive Capital) Sentry.io (Accel, NEA) Aurora Solar (Fifth Wall, ICONIQ) Finch (Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst) Mindbloom (Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins) Whatnot (a16z) Lumos Identity (a16z) and more!
2015
Angel Investor
2015
This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.
2011
Co-founder
Nov 2011
For men who want to look better but don’t like to shop, or don’t have the time, Trumaker provides a personalized product and shopping experience built to fit them and their lifestyles. We started in San Francisco and have since expanded our fresh approach to shopping across the country. Our business has attracted the financial backing of top-tier venture capital firms including Javelin Venture Partners, RRE Ventures and Box Group. When we started Trumaker we knew we had to start with an incredible product, giving our clients access to luxury garments at an accessible price. We then curated an unparalleled client experience, at the center of which is the Outfitter (our name for a Sales Representative/Stylist). Our Outfitters meet with clients one-on-one, taking their measurements, providing style guidance and maintaining lasting relationships to help them improve their look and wardrobe over time.
2006
Intern
Jun 2006
The Partnership (previously known as The Partnership for the Homeless) has been at the forefront of addressing homelessness in NYC for 40 years.