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Hi, I'm Alexander 👋

Mathematics & Philosophy student focused on entrepreneurship, venture building, investments, and quantitative strategy.

About

I'm a Mathematics & Philosophy student at the University of Toronto with a minor in Statistics. Alongside school, I co-founded the Office of Rebates and Grants, advising 20+ startups on grant funding, and have worked across quantitative crypto strategy, biotech investment research, and M&A due diligence. Outside of work, I compete in chess (~2000-rated) and poker (4x Fiji Poker Champion).

Selected Work

Experience

Interplay

05/2026 – Present

Intern, Operations and AI, Studio · New York, NY

EgaTree

06/2025 – 01/2026

Intern, Data Analysis and Strategy (Hybrid) · New York, NY

  • Joined as an early team member at a 3-person fintech startup, building quantitative Bitcoin trading strategies grounded in the Power-Law model.
  • Engineered long-term BTC cycle trading models in Python, backtested against 14 years of price data to validate Power-Law performance signals.
  • Designed and directly presented investor materials to private and institutional clients, supporting a seed-stage startup's fundraising for a quantitative crypto strategy fund.

Manas AI

09/2025 – 01/2026

Intern, Investment Research and Strategy (Hybrid) · New York, NY

  • Conducted diligence on 4 pipeline drug candidates across indication fit, TAM sizing, and clinical feasibility, directly informing executive capital deployment decisions.
  • Authored weekly strategic reports to C-suite and VP of Operations, distilling complex biotech data into actionable investment recommendations.
  • Presented recommendations to C-suite on commercial potential and capital deployment considerations.

Office of Rebates and Grants

01/2023 – 01/2025

Co-Founder (CEO 01/2023–05/2025) · New York, NY

  • Co-founded a legal services startup partnering with law firms to deliver affordable, on-call legal advice to student-founded startups.
  • Sourced and advised 20+ companies on Employee Retention Credit and CARES Act applications via partner law firms, generating $3M+ in client funding and $300K+ in revenue.
  • Led all client relationships as primary liaison between founders, clients, and partner law firms.

Blanco Art

07/2024 – 03/2025

Employee · New York, NY / Toronto, ON (Remote)

  • Served as first employee, reporting directly to the founder of Cardinal Ventures, gaining hands-on exposure to early-stage venture building.
  • Authored investor materials and quarterly reports for 7+ investors, advising the founder on capital allocation strategy.
  • Built event-level budgets and supported partner negotiations and funding plans across key growth initiatives.

Geller & Company

06/2023 – 08/2023

Summer Intern, Special Projects · New York, NY

  • Delivered competitive industry research that directly supported the acquisition decision for Julien's Auctions, an 8-figure deal.
  • Presented financial analysis and expense optimization recommendations to the C-suite of 3 M&A targets.
  • Created presentations on unnecessary expenses and maximizing short-term ROI for a newly acquired company, presented to high-value clients and the COO.
  • Produced first financial analytics and management reporting on new acquisitions as a special project for the CEO.

Education

University of Toronto, St. George's Campus

Major: Mathematics — Minors: Philosophy, Statistics

Riverdale Country School

High School Diploma

Cambridge University

Professional Certificate of Applied Corporate Finance

My Stack

Financial ModellingExcel & Microsoft Office SuitePythonSQLCRM Creation and ManagementAI-Native

Languages

  • French (Proficient, in-progress)
  • Spanish (Conversational)
  • German (Basic, in-progress)

Clubs & Awards

  • UofT Chess Team (Alternate, 2026)
  • Vertige Investment Group, Quant Finance Competition Team (2025)
  • Phi Gamma Delta, Financial Committee & Cabinet Advisory (2025/27)
  • UofT Club Soccer
  • UofT Intramural Football

Interests

  • Chess (~2000-rated online)
  • Poker (4x Fiji Poker Champion)
  • Soccer
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Linguistics
  • Geography & Geopolitics

Travel

Talking with a friend at sunset on a dock by the water

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Street art mural of a figure on a building wall

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Walking down a narrow alley between sand-colored walls

Deira, Dubai, UAE

Wall of framed art prints and photography

South Hampton, NY, USA

Standing in front of a large mural of a boy with fireflies

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Three friends smiling on a boat

Punta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic

Swimmers watching the sunset over the water

Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE

Two friends walking through a mountain valley at sunrise

Lac de Taney, Valais, Switzerland

Overlooking a rocky cove full of small boats

Brseč, Croatia

Flares and smoke in the stands at a night soccer match

Rijeka, Croatia

Walking a dog along a forest canal path

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Sitting above a geothermal valley in Iceland

Thingvellir, Iceland

Palm tree silhouette on the beach at sunset

Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe

Resting against a pink building wall near the beach

Deshaies, Guadeloupe

Bougainvillea flowers climbing a staircase railing

Deira, Dubai, UAE

Examining a placard next to a jet on display

New York City, NY, USA

Descending snowy steps at night

Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Standing by a lake beneath a mountain peak

Lac de Taney, Valais, Switzerland

Hobbies

Garry Kasparov (2851) vs. Veselin Topalov (2690)

1999 · Hoogovens

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4.Be3Bg7
5.Qd2c6
6.f3b5
7.Nge2Nbd7
8.Bh6Bxh6
9.Qxh6Bb7
10.a3e5
11.O-O-OQe7
12.Kb1a6
13.Nc1O-O-O
14.Nb3exd4
15.Rxd4c5
16.Rd1Nb6
17.g3Kb8
18.Na5Ba8
19.Bh3d5
20.Qf4+Ka7
21.Rhe1d4
22.Nd5Nbxd5
23.exd5Qd6
24.Rxd4cxd4
25.Re7+Kb6
26.Qxd4+Kxa5
27.b4+Ka4
28.Qc3Qxd5
29.Ra7Bb7
30.Rxb7Qc4
31.Qxf6Kxa3
32.Qxa6+Kxb4
33.c3+Kxc3
34.Qa1+Kd2
35.Qb2+Kd1
36.Bf1Rd2
37.Rd7Rxd7
38.Bxc4bxc4
39.Qxh8Rd3
40.Qa8c3
41.Qa4+Ke1
42.f4f5
43.Kc1Rd2
44.Qa7
White to move

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