Stan Chudnovsky

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📍 Burlingame, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2011
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Mar 2011
Zinch is the social network connecting students with opportunities: colleges, scholarships, study abroad programs, and graduate schools. At Zinch, over 3 million students worldwide have created profiles to showcase themselves as more than test scores to be matched with schools and scholarships. Admissions officers at over 850 institutions from Cornell University to Yale University trust Zinch.com to help them recruit students. Visit the company at www.Zinch.com. Zinch started out as a research project at Princeton University and launched to the public in March 2007.
Investor, Adviser
Nov 2008
Friend.ly is a social dating site that leverages Facebook Connect to help you meet new people in your extended social network. Friend.ly was founded in June of 2009, and its office is located in Palo Alto, CA. Give Friend.ly a try at http://friend.ly.
Board Member
Feb 2008
Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. Founded in 2007, Goodreads is where readers find and share books they love. Used by avid and casual readers alike, Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine; share ratings and recommendations; track what they have read, and list what they want to read. Goodreads is also a place where authors connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of Amazon. Did we mention we are hiring? We are a team of 110+ people that are passionate about reading and technology, and looking for extraordinary people to join our team. Check out our open positions at www.goodreads.com/jobs
Investor and Advisor
Aug 2006
Experience · 9 entries
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2014
Co-Founder
Oct 2014
NFX is a venture firm exclusively focused on pre-seed & seed stage startups.
2012
IronPearl Inc.
Co-Founder
2012
2011
Board Member
Mar 2011
Zinch is the social network connecting students with opportunities: colleges, scholarships, study abroad programs, and graduate schools. At Zinch, over 3 million students worldwide have created profiles to showcase themselves as more than test scores to be matched with schools and scholarships. Admissions officers at over 850 institutions from Cornell University to Yale University trust Zinch.com to help them recruit students. Visit the company at www.Zinch.com. Zinch started out as a research project at Princeton University and launched to the public in March 2007.
2008
Investor, Adviser
Nov 2008
Friend.ly is a social dating site that leverages Facebook Connect to help you meet new people in your extended social network. Friend.ly was founded in June of 2009, and its office is located in Palo Alto, CA. Give Friend.ly a try at http://friend.ly.
Board Member
Feb 2008
Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. Founded in 2007, Goodreads is where readers find and share books they love. Used by avid and casual readers alike, Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine; share ratings and recommendations; track what they have read, and list what they want to read. Goodreads is also a place where authors connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of Amazon. Did we mention we are hiring? We are a team of 110+ people that are passionate about reading and technology, and looking for extraordinary people to join our team. Check out our open positions at www.goodreads.com/jobs
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2006–2011 · 4 investments
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