Fundraising Fox
/Companies
Sign in

Alder

YC F25

San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · Hiring · 2 known investors

Find your way into Alder

Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Alder

  • Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to the Alder team. We find them for you
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
  • Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone

Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.

Sign up with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in

Terrain provides a go-to-market platform with AI capabilities designed for sales teams targeting businesses in physical industries such as construction and food service.

Also known as Nivara Technologies, Inc. · Nivara · Nivara AI · Nivara AI, Nivara, Terrain, Nivara · Terrain

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSales TechArtificial IntelligenceB2BUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (F25)

Alder was founded in 2025 by Tejas Agarwal and Pankaj Mishra.

TATejas Agarwal
Tejas AgarwalCEOTejas Agarwal previously worked at Uber and Oracle, and studied at University of Wisconsin–Madison. At Uber, he built infrastructure and metrics systems serving millions of drivers and users, including Zanzibar, an open-source API infrastructure platform.
PMPankaj Mishra
Pankaj MishraCTOPankaj Mishra previously worked at Uber, where he built platform infrastructure for Uber for Business and Fulfillment operations. He holds a degree from IIT Kharagpur.

Investors · 2

China Growth CapitalreportedBeijing

How we know: press coverage · Not right? Tell us

Related companies · 4

Inventive AIInventive AI provides software that automates RFP response generation for sales teams using AI agents trained on a company's existing documentation and knowledge systems. The platform integrates with CRMs and collaboration tools to enable faster, consistent proposal creation and improve win rates.
MutinyMutiny is an AI-powered GTM assistant that helps customer-facing teams create branded marketing assets, conduct account research, and manage sales workflows. It integrates with tools like email, CRM, and Slack to automate repetitive tasks and enable team collaboration on sales and marketing execution.
CiroCiro is an AI-powered go-to-market platform that automates the research, list building, and outreach process for B2B sales and marketing teams. The platform uses natural language prompts to generate enriched prospect lists and personalized email sequences without generic templates.
Turing Labs Inc.Turing Labs provides an AI platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) R&D teams to accelerate product development and innovation. The platform helps companies create products faster and safer by converting ideas into market-ready products, with enterprise-grade security and compliance features.

Companies working in the same space as Alder.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
Nivara Technologies, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What does Alder do?
Terrain provides a go-to-market platform with AI capabilities designed for sales teams targeting businesses in physical industries such as construction and food service.
Who founded Alder?
Alder was founded by Tejas Agarwal, Pankaj Mishra in 2025.
Who are Alder's investors?
Alder's investors include Y Combinator, China Growth Capital.
Where is Alder headquartered?
Alder is headquartered in San Francisco, US.