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Ajay Mehta

Founder

Founder at FamilyLeaf

Los Angeles, California, United States

FoundedFamilyLeaf Β· YC

About

Ajay Mehta founded and operated Portola, Birthdate Co., and Therapy Notebooks, scaling these products to reach millions of customers.

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Ajay Mehta @ajaymehta

Still shopping? @midjourney (I kid, co-star is phenomenal) https://t.co/ty47AYYbfP

Jul 25, 2026 Β· β™₯ 24

Ajay Mehta @ajaymehta

If 6-person dates had better retention, we might still be playing with GPT-2 https://t.co/7zVx5uQtoF

Jul 13, 2026 Β· β™₯ 112 Β· ⇄ 4

Ajay Mehta @ajaymehta

her incredible taste, featured here! https://t.co/8AtCHqFZTO it's common now to opt out of doing a wedding (and many great reasons to!), but I will say - planning time together in service of the people we love most was really wonderful and worthwhile.

Jul 10, 2026 Β· β™₯ 6

Founder at FamilyLeafYC W12

Intro paths

YC

Ajay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Ajay can intro founders to FamilyLeaf's investors below.

FamilyLeaf's investors Β· 2

SV AngelY Combinator

Co-founders at FamilyLeaf

HLHenry Liu
Henry LiuFounder
BPBrandon Paton
Brandon PatonFounder
WZWesley Zhao
Wesley ZhaoFounder

Experience

  1. TolanFounder and Presidentcurrent2023 β€” presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Birthdate Co.Founder and CEOcurrent2019 β€” present
  3. Therapy NotebooksCo-Foundercurrent2020 β€” present
  4. WealthsimpleDirector, Wealthsimple International2017 β€” 2019Greater New York City Area
  5. Tilt (acquired by Airbnb)Product and Growth2013 β€” 2015San Francisco
  6. FamilyLeafCo-Founder (acquired by Origami)2012 β€” 2013San Francisco
  7. Zillow.comIntern2009 β€” 2010Seattle, WA

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW12
  2. Columbia UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science
  3. Phillips Exeter Academy
  4. Interlake Senior High School

Skills & more

Web Design3Social Media17Online Marketing22Sales Management2Venture Capital11Marketing Communications4Digital Strategy21Start-ups31Entrepreneurship17Marketing Strategy4Strategic Partnerships6E-commerce2
+8 moreBusiness StrategySocial Media MarketingMarketingSocial NetworkingBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationLeadershipPublic Speaking

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended Columbia University552

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 546 more

Also attended Phillips Exeter Academy59

Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMax Von PoelnitzPartner at Foothill VenturesPhilip KalikmanAssistant Professor of Real Estate, Finance, & Economics at Joyance PartnersAlbert DouerInvestor at MatterScale VenturesEnmi KendallGeneral Partner at Healthy VenturesGeoff OblakGeneral Partner at Data Point Capital

+ 53 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Tolan1

Jeffrey TurnockInvestor at Winning Together Fund

Also worked at Wealthsimple18

Karan MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupWoody MarshallGeneral Partner at TCVRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalToby TriebelPartner at FinTech CollectiveRiley FinchInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture PartnersQuinn MurdockAssociate at Impression Ventures

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Also worked at Tilt (acquired by Airbnb)8

Raoul Oscar FianoInvestor at DN CapitalSam BakerInvestor Relations at Scale Venture PartnersToni AlejandriaEvents + Community at Rackhouse Venture Management LpMike DuboePartner at Greylock PartnersNick DaleySenior Associate at Fin CapitalGhazaleh GhodratiChief of Staff at SDCL Green Energy Solutions Europe

+ 2 more

Also worked at Zillow.com14

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesKleida MartiroManaging Director at Glasswing VenturesPete FlintInvestor at NFXDoug PerlsonPartner at UNCOMMON DENOMINATORCraig ShermanPartner at Meritech Capital Partners

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