About
Arun Gupta has founded multiple ventures including Wakemate, a startup focused on sleep and wakefulness optimization.
Founder/CEO at WakemateYC S09
Intro paths
YC
Arun went through Y Combinator (Summer 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Arun can intro founders to Wakemate's investors below.
Wakemate's investors · 1
Co-founders at Wakemate
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Benjamin AndersonFounder
Experience
- HapikoChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- GrailedCEO2013 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
- Perfect Third Inc.CEO2008 — 2011
- Yale Entrepreneurial InstituteStudent Fellow2008
- Yale UniversityStudent2006 — 2008
Skills & more
Mobile Applications7Start-ups7Entrepreneurship8Venture Capital1Strategic Partnerships1Web Development1Web Applications1Angel Investing1Corporate Development1Mobile Devices1E-commerce1Low Impact Development1
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PythonAndroidMySQLRuby on RailsStrategyFrom Arun's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arun Gupta?
- Arun Gupta has founded multiple ventures including Wakemate, a startup focused on sleep and wakefulness optimization.
- Where does Arun Gupta work?
- Arun Gupta is Founder/CEO of Wakemate.
- What companies did Arun Gupta found?
- Arun Gupta founded Wakemate.
- Where did Arun Gupta go to school?
- Arun Gupta studied at Yale University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics); Y Combinator.
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