Ankit Jain
InvestorFounderPartner at Xoogler Ventures · Founder at Aviator
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedAviator · YC
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About
Ankit Jain held engineering leadership roles at Sunshine, Homejoy, and Shippo, and previously worked as an engineer at Google and Adobe. He has also been involved in founder advisory work and currently manages a community for former Google employees.
Founder at AviatorYC S21
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Ankit went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- AviatorCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Xoogler.coPartnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Various StartupsAngel Investor and Advisorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SunshineFounding Hacker2018 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
- ShippoEmpowering Data Science & Engineering Team2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- SporpleCofounder & CTO2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- UnshackledEntrepreneur in Residence2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- HomejoyTeam Lead, Platform Engineering (Acquired by Google)2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Adobe SystemsSenior Member Technical Staff2010 — 2011
- Cisco SystemsSoftware Engineer2008 — 2010
- MyNumo, LLC (Now Playscreen, LLC)Game Developer2007 — 2008
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Start-upsLanguages English · Hindi · Spanish
- cdCon 2022 Speaker — The Linux Foundation
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ankit Jain?
- Ankit Jain held engineering leadership roles at Sunshine, Homejoy, and Shippo, and previously worked as an engineer at Google and Adobe. He has also been involved in founder advisory work and currently manages a community for former Google employees.
- Where does Ankit Jain work?
- Ankit Jain is Founder of Aviator and Partner at Xoogler Ventures.
- What companies did Ankit Jain found?
- Ankit Jain founded Aviator.
- What companies has Ankit Jain invested in?
- Investments tracked here include CodeCrafters, Fabric, Finic, Mosaic, Requestly, VOYGR.
- Where did Ankit Jain go to school?
- Ankit Jain studied at Y Combinator; Delhi College of Engineering (Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science).
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