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Ankit Jain

InvestorFounder

Partner at Xoogler Ventures · Founder at Aviator

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedAviator · YC

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

Intro paths

YC

Ankit went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Ankit can intro founders to Aviator's investors below.

Aviator's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Experience

  1. AviatorCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Xoogler.coPartnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Various StartupsAngel Investor and Advisorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. SunshineFounding Hacker2018 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
  5. ShippoEmpowering Data Science & Engineering Team2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. SporpleCofounder & CTO2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. UnshackledEntrepreneur in Residence2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  8. HomejoyTeam Lead, Platform Engineering (Acquired by Google)2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  9. GoogleSoftware Engineer2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Adobe SystemsSenior Member Technical Staff2010 — 2011
  11. Cisco SystemsSoftware Engineer2008 — 2010
  12. MyNumo, LLC (Now Playscreen, LLC)Game Developer2007 — 2008

Skills & more

Python11Software Development15JavaScript23Web Applications9Web Development3Data Structures3Java14C++7HTML3XSLT1ASP1Linux1
+1 moreStart-ups

Languages English · Hindi · Spanish

  • cdCon 2022 Speaker — The Linux Foundation

From Ankit's professional profile.

Colleagues at Xoogler Ventures

Alexandros Papageorgiou
Consultant — Digital Strategy, Market Research & Marketing Strategy at Xoogler Ventures
Anna Buber
Expert - Brand & Positioning at Xoogler Ventures
Ben Colman
CEO & Co-Founder at Reality Defender
Christopher Fong
Co-founder, Key Studio at Xoogler Ventures
Kushagra Shrivastava
Co-founder, Key Studio at Xoogler Ventures

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.
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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