Zibo Gao
Founder of Soundmap
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2024 - Current
Soundmap is where 1m+ gen-z music fans have fun :) Backed by A16Z Speedrun, Gold House, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, and more. You can find us at zibo@onsincerely.com
Co-Founder
2022
We made Soundmap, Sincerely, Friendship Bracelets, and 10+ consumer apps. Currently 110% on Soundmap.
Sincerely is a mental wellness platform where users support each other.
Founder
2021 - 2022
Share your favorite songs with a vibe :)
Founding Partner
2020 - 2022
Intonation Studios is a product studio building consumer software that brings people joy. We also invest in early-stage consumer tech companies via Intonation Ventures.
Consultant
2019 - 2020
Conducted commercial diligence for PE and growth equity clients in the TMT sector, as part of Strategy&'s Deal Strategy group
PwC Strategy& is a global management consulting firm, helping the world's top businesses, governments, and other institutions.
Summer Analyst
2017 - 2018
Advised clients in the TMT sector with their acquisition and corporate development needs - clients include Tencent Music Group, SoundCloud, Cheddar, Spotify, and others
An integrated merchant bank advising and investing in high growth sectors of technology, media and telecom.
Undergraduate Intern
2016 - 2017
Assisted with sourcing high-growth B2B SaaS companies and leveraged proprietary data to build vertical-specific internal benchmarks
Bregal Sagemount, a private capital firm, provides capital and strategic assistance to growth companies.
Market Research Intern
2016 - 2016
Co-designed a 120-page consulting report for Spotify on the Chinese music industry's recent developments
Education
Bachelor's degree
2015 - 2019
High School
2012 - 2015