Where does Avinash Shahdadpuri work?

Avinash Shahdadpuri is Founder of Nexla.

What companies did Avinash Shahdadpuri found?

Avinash Shahdadpuri founded Nexla.

Where did Avinash Shahdadpuri go to school?

Avinash Shahdadpuri studied at University of Mumbai (BE, Information Technology); Harvard University.

Avinash Shahdadpuri

Founder

Founder at Nexla

Mountain View, California, United States

FoundedNexla

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About

Avinash Shahdadpuri is a co-founder of Nexla, where his listed role appears as both Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Technology Officer. He has over 20 years of experience building engineering teams and scalable systems across industries including digital advertising, financial services, and healthcare, and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification. He co-authored the first version of the Open RTB Native Advertising specification, a standard for transacting native ads in the programmatic ecosystem.

Founder at Nexla

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Nexla's investors · 5

Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021 Correlation VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $4M checks · since 2021 Engineering CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021 Shield CapitalSan Francisco · since 2021 Storm VenturesPalo Alto · since 2021

Co-founders at Nexla

Saket SaurabhFounder

Experience

NexlaCo-Founder & CROcurrent2025 — present
NexlaCo-Founder & CTO2016 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
the Rubicon ProjectSenior Director, Engineering2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Mobsmith (Acquired by the Rubicon Project)Architect2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
SapientManager, Technology2007 — 2011
PatniSr Software Engineer , Project Lead2003 — 2007

Skills & more

Hadoop4Spring8Hibernate5Java6JSP2Weblogic2Struts1REST2Enterprise Software4JMS1Servlets1JavaScript1

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XMLSpring FrameworkBig DataAmazon EC2Mobile AdvertisingSOAAgile MethodologiesJava Enterprise EditionRTBWeb ServicesEnterprise ArchitectureDesign Patterns

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Avinash Shahdadpuri?: Avinash Shahdadpuri is a co-founder of Nexla, where his listed role appears as both Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Technology Officer. He has over 20 years of experience building engineering teams and scalable systems across industries including digital advertising, financial services, and healthcare, and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification. He co-authored the first version of the Open RTB Native Advertising specification, a standard for transacting native ads in the programmatic ecosystem.
Where does Avinash Shahdadpuri work?: Avinash Shahdadpuri is Founder of Nexla.
What companies did Avinash Shahdadpuri found?: Avinash Shahdadpuri founded Nexla.
Where did Avinash Shahdadpuri go to school?: Avinash Shahdadpuri studied at University of Mumbai (BE, Information Technology); Harvard University.

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University of Mumbai mafia93

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Rubicon Project mafia6

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Matthew LinkousFullstack Engineer InternFounded Triplit Peter GrecznerSoftware EngineerFounded Affinity Saket SaurabhAdvisorFounded Nexla Joe HallHead of User Experience DesignFounded Spaceback Ed CareyVice President Sales & Partner DevelopmentFounded Audience Town

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Also attended University of Mumbai278

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Also attended Harvard University2,000

Ron ConwayFounder of SV Angel Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Chris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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Shared employers

Also worked at Nexla5

Bruce TaraginManaging Director at Blumberg Capital Ashmeet SidanaFounder and Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital Debora TomlinAdvisor at Blumberg Capital Saket SaurabhFounder at Nexla Jarah EustonFounder at Workwhile

Also worked at the Rubicon Project11

Raj KapoorCo-founder and Managing Partner at Climactic, a climate tech venture firm Chad LegerCFO & Operating Partner at BrandProject Capital Mark LinaoGeneral Partner at Progression Joanna BurtonInvestor & Advisor at The 98 David HorowitzPartner at Cerity Partners Ventures Matthew LinkousFounder at Triplit

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Also worked at Mobsmith (Acquired by the Rubicon Project)2

Andrew LacyPartner at azarus.io Saket SaurabhFounder at Nexla

Also worked at Sapient47

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Josh SuttonCo-Founder and Advisory Partner at AI Capital Bill MurphyVenture Partner at LegalTech Nitin MathurVenture Partner at Fusion Chris DeVoreManaging Partner at Founders' Co-op Christian SchulteManaging Director at coparion

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