About
Corey Berther started coding at an early age and previously operated an electrical business and software/marketing agency. He left a physics degree program to focus on supply chain technology.
Founder at Khotan (formerly Pollinate)YC W26
Intro paths
YC
Corey went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Khotan (formerly Pollinate)'s batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Corey can intro founders to Khotan (formerly Pollinate)'s investors below.
Khotan (formerly Pollinate)'s investors · 4
Co-founders at Khotan (formerly Pollinate)
AM
Adeep MitraFounder
NL
Nam LeExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Pollinate (YC W26)Co Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Education
- The University of QueenslandBachelors of Aerospace Mechanical Engineering and Bachelors of Physics, Engineering and Physics2023 — 2025
- Y CombinatorW262026
- Villanova CollegeHigh School Diploma2017 — 2022
Skills & more
Coding etc12Constructing lego sets13
From Corey's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
The University of Queensland mafia18
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
David KelsoBachelor of CommerceFounded Nowmov +1Charles O'NeillShort CourseFounded ParsedAmra NaidooBachelor of Business ManagementFounded AcceleratingasiaJS BoulangerBachelor's DegreeFounded Circle MedicalAdam CarriganEconomicsFounded MindsDBTim HallBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)Founded GreaseBoss
+ 11 more
Same school
Also attended The University of Queensland113
Giuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJasmine BettesInvestor at Reinventure GroupEsther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementNilay ThakarPrincipal at ARCH Venture PartnersZenetta BurgerPartner at Giant Ventures Global LlpCherie ChouHead of Corporate Development at TNBAura
+ 107 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures
+ 1,994 more