Zach Abrams
About Zach Abrams
Zach Abrams is a co-founder and the CEO of Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure company that Stripe acquired. A LinkedIn post from a fireside-chat host describes the deal as worth over one billion dollars and says Bridge grew from zero to that value in less than two years. Crunchbase and LinkedIn list him as founding CEO of Open Standard. He is based in Austin, Texas.
Before Bridge, Oak HC/FT's team page says he was Chief Product Officer at Brex, Head of Consumer at Coinbase and a General Manager at Square. Earlier he founded Evenly, a peer-to-peer payments company that he sold to Square. PitchBook and LinkedIn list a degree in economics and history from Duke University.
He is also an advisor to Oak HC/FT, where he focuses on fintech opportunities.
PitchBook lists eight angel investments from 2023 to 2026. These are Parcha (June 2023), Parallax (September 2023), Solokey (July 2024), Open Ledger (May 2025), Slash (May 2025), Spiko (July 2025), Natural (October 2025) and Synthetic (May 2026). Crunchbase lists six investments. Counts differ across data providers, so treat them as approximate.
PitchBook labels most of these companies as financial software or financial services. Its co-investor list includes Kindred Ventures, Comma Capital, General Catalyst, Index Ventures and Michael Tannenbaum.
In May 2026 Synthetic announced a $10M seed round led by Khosla Ventures, with Basis Set Ventures also participating. The announcement names Abrams among the operator-investors, alongside Tobi Lütke, Kaz Nejatian, Cosmin Nicolaescu and Michael Tannenbaum. Synthetic is building an AI bookkeeping service for software startups, SaaS companies and AI businesses.
PitchBook and Crunchbase also list Parcha, a 2023 seed-stage investment. Crunchbase names it Parcha AI.
The recorded deals are seed and early-stage rounds, and most are in fintech and financial software, with some AI-native companies. Tracxn lists investments in the United States and France. Abrams has not published a check size, and no public statement about what he looks for turned up in this research. His operating background is in payments, consumer fintech, crypto and stablecoins.
- Synthetic: AI bookkeeping service for software startups; $10M seed led by Khosla Ventures, announced May 2026.
- Parcha: listed by PitchBook as a seed investment in June 2023 and by Crunchbase as a pre-seed round.
- Spiko: financial software company; PitchBook records an investment in July 2025.
- Slash: financial services company; PitchBook records an investment in May 2025.
- Natural: financial software company; PitchBook records an investment in October 2025.
- Open Ledger: financial software company; PitchBook records an investment in May 2025.
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/533192-23
- oakhcft.com/team-members/zach-abrams
- crunchbase.com/person/zach-abrams
- cbinsights.com/investor/zach-abrams
- linkedin.com/in/zacharyabrams
- pulse2.com/synthetic-10-million-seed-raised-for-ai-bookkeeping-platfor
- tracxn.com/d/people/zach-abrams/__GtX43IRP4L2E3uGA9pdN9MYzl1VNVFpKsrJh
Investing activity
Zach Abrams appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $10M. The most recent is Synthetic (Seed, $10M, May 2026).
Zach Abrams most often invests alongside Khosla Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Michael Tannenbaum and Cosmin Nicolaescu, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Zach Abrams
Who is Zach Abrams?
Zach Abrams is the co-founder and CEO of Bridge, which Stripe acquired, and the founding CEO of Open Standard. He previously held product roles at Brex, Coinbase and Square, and he invests as an angel.
Does Zach Abrams invest in AI startups?
Yes. He took part in Synthetic's $10M seed round in May 2026, and PitchBook lists a 2023 seed investment in Parcha. Most of his other recorded investments are in fintech.
What stage does Zach Abrams invest in?
His recorded deals are seed and early-stage rounds. He has not published a stage preference.
What is Zach Abrams' check size?
He has not made a check size public, and the data providers checked here show no deal amounts for his checks.
What has Zach Abrams built?
He co-founded Evenly, a peer-to-peer payments company that he sold to Square. He also co-founded Bridge, a stablecoin company that Stripe acquired, and is now founding CEO of Open Standard.
How can founders reach Zach Abrams?
His public profiles are on LinkedIn and X (@zcabrams). His preferred way to receive pitches is not published.
Is Zach Abrams an angel investor?
Yes. Zach Abrams invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Zach Abrams invested in?
Zach Abrams's AI investments include Synthetic. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Zach Abrams invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Zach Abrams has invested at Seed, with a median round of $10M.
Who does Zach Abrams co-invest with?
Zach Abrams's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Khosla Ventures (1 deal), Basis Set Ventures (1 deal), Michael Tannenbaum (1 deal), Cosmin Nicolaescu (1 deal) and Kaz Nejatian (1 deal).