Fundraising Fox

Adeep Mitra

Founder

Founder at Khotan (formerly Pollinate)

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKhotan (formerly Pollinate) Β· YC

About

Adeep Mitra built and scaled an agency while organizing community events with artist partnerships that reached over one million impressions; he now works on Pollinate.

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adeep @adeepmi

When are the models going to get good at SVG illustration. I swear I don't have access to the same agent figma used for their "motion" announcement.

Jul 28, 2026 Β· β™₯ 1

adeep @adeepmi

I remember around 1.5 years ago there were (at least) 100+ startups trying to solve the "slack for ai agents" or "collaborative space for agents" problem. https://t.co/v0VhQWhZTP

Jul 22, 2026 Β· β™₯ 2

adeep @adeepmi

Its obvious when someone uses AI to write, its even more obvious when they use fucking meta muse spark 1.1 Xhigh instead of the regular Gpt 5.6 Terra - xhigh (thinking) https://t.co/fbrBWiMzjE

Jul 15, 2026 Β· β™₯ 1

Founder at Khotan (formerly Pollinate)YC W26

Intro paths

YC

Adeep went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Khotan (formerly Pollinate)'s batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Adeep can intro founders to Khotan (formerly Pollinate)'s investors below.

Khotan (formerly Pollinate)'s investors Β· 4

77 PartnersInsight PartnersMotive PartnersY Combinator

Co-founders at Khotan (formerly Pollinate)

CBCorey Berther
Corey BertherFounder
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Nam LeExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Pollinate (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Access BrisbaneFounder2023 β€” 2024Australia
  3. TransfoormFounding Engineer2024Australia
  4. HotspotCo-Founder2022 β€” 2023Australia
  5. Ad Astra MultimediaFounder2022 β€” 2023

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW26
  2. The University of QueenslandBachelor of Advanced Science (Honours), Organic Chemistry2023 β€” 2025
  3. Westside Christian CollegeHigh School Diploma2017 β€” 2022

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

The University of Queensland mafia18

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

David KelsoBachelor of CommerceFounded Nowmov +1Charles O'NeillShort CourseFounded ParsedAmra NaidooBachelor of Business ManagementFounded AcceleratingasiaJS BoulangerBachelor's DegreeFounded Circle MedicalAdam CarriganEconomicsFounded MindsDBTim HallBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)Founded GreaseBoss

+ 11 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended The University of Queensland113

Giuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJasmine BettesInvestor at Reinventure GroupEsther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementNilay ThakarPrincipal at ARCH Venture PartnersZenetta BurgerPartner at Giant Ventures Global LlpCherie ChouHead of Corporate Development at TNBAura

+ 107 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Pollinate (YC W26)1

Corey BertherFounder at Khotan (formerly Pollinate)