Fundraising Fox

Ali Jiwani

Founder

Founder at Rally

Canada

FoundedRally · YC

About

Ali Jiwani founded Rally, a video conferencing platform used by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Amazon, which later pivoted to slayschool.com serving over 500,000 users. He has prior experience founding companies in health and food logistics.

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Founder at RallyYC S20

Intro paths

YC

Ali went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Ali can intro founders to Rally's investors below.

Rally's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Rally

AKAnson Kao
Anson KaoFounder
ALAmy Liu
Amy LiuFounder

Experience

  1. Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AG2Founding COO2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Nokia Bell LabsAdvisor2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Rally TechnologiesCo-Founder2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Rose RocketPrincipal Product Manager2019 — 2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  6. eMed Healthcare UKAssociate Director, Product - Internal AI Tools2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  7. eMed Healthcare UKSenior Product Manager - Internal AI Tools2018London, United Kingdom
  8. Various CompaniesFreelance Product Manager2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
  9. Zalando SEProduct Manager2016 — 2017Berlin Area, Germany
  10. MealSurfersFounder (exited)2015 — 2017Toronto
  11. RBCCorporate Development2014 — 2015Toronto, Canada Area
  12. PriszmFinancial Auditor2010Vaughn, Ontario

Education

  1. Y CombinatorSummer 20202020
  2. Ivey Business School at Western UniversityHBA, Business Administration2011 — 2013
  3. Western UniversityBMOS, Management2009 — 2013
  4. HPI School of Design ThinkingDesign Thinking2012
  5. University of Toronto Schools2007 — 2009

Skills & more

Leadership66Strategic Thinking40Entrepreneurship76Business Strategy56Business Development39Competitive Analysis27Networking23Data Analysis17Financial Modeling17Product Management17
  • Product Management Essentials — Sequent Learning Networks
  • New Models of Business in Society — Coursera
  • Front End Web Development — Team Treehouse

From Ali's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,476

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

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Also attended Ivey Business School at Western University192

ØysteinInvestor at InvestinorVivek RamaswamiPartner at Madrona Venture GroupRay SharmaFounding Partner, CEO at Extreme Venture PartnersHa DuongVP Finance & Operations at Luge CapitalJasmine YangVice President at Sapphire VenturesJaye LandowHead of Investor Relations at FJ Labs

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Also attended Western University159

Jasmine YangVice President at Sapphire VenturesKevin GaburaInvestor at Craft VenturesTanuj DuttaGeneral Partner at Congruent VenturesLindsay HamiltonInvestment Manager - Finance at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper AssociatesJenny HeFounder & General Partner at Position Ventures

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Also attended University of Toronto Schools10

Nick ChenPrincipal at Golden VenturesKiva DickinsonManaging Partner at Selva VenturesRan WeiHead of Strategic Finance at AtomicEugene SiklosPresident at Thomvest VenturesNitarshan RajkumarVenture Fellow alumnus ('22) at Air Street CapitalAman VerjeeGeneral Partner at Practical Venture Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Pioneer Fund57

Ganesh NayakFundraising and Capital Markets at Avataar Venture PartnersZach WaterfieldInvestor at Ripple VenturesNicholas GoldnerVenture Partner at Alix VenturesDave MessinaAdvisor at Harmonix FundMichael ZhaoPrincipal at Eniac VenturesSaad RizviChief Product Officer at Superlayer

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Also worked at AG21

John BohlmannFounding GP at SpaceFund

Also worked at Rose Rocket7

Alexander NiehenkePartner at Scale Venture PartnersIan LoganInvestor at Ripple VenturesMatt CohenFounder and Managing Partner at Ripple VenturesKevin KimsaCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Climate Innovation CapitalAlyssa SpagnoloAssociate at OMERS VenturesAnson KaoFounder at Rally

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Also worked at Various Companies151

Leonard PicardoAdvisor at Manta Ray VenturesYtsen van der MeerPrincipal at Cottonwood Technology FundHector MasonGeneral Partner at Episode1Danielle AbdelahadInvestor at Third Rock VenturesSiddharth RamakrishnanPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersTroy A. LeMaile-StovallCEO at Maryland TEDCO

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