Find your path to Gaurav
583 people in our graph share verified history with Gaurav — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Alex TranunlockedGaurav: together at Instacart (2015–2017)
×5Gaurav: together at Qualcomm
Gaurav: together at Instacart
×3Gaurav: together at University of Toronto
About
Gaurav Maken is a Community Partner at Pioneer Fund.
Founder at Mylk GuysYC S18
Intro paths
YC
Gaurav went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Gaurav can intro founders to Mylk Guys's investors below.
Mylk Guys's investors · 2
Co-founders at Mylk Guys
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Jinesh ShahFounder
Experience
- Pioneer FundCommunity Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Full FutureCo-Founder & Managing Partner2020 — 2025
- Orange DAOSr. Venture Partner2021 — 2024
- Mylk GuysFounder (YC S18)2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- b8taHead of Product2017San Francisco Bay Area
- InstacartSr. Product Manager - Catalog2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- AmazonTechnical Program Manager - Financial Systems2013 — 2015Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonSoftware Engineer - Payment Products2011 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- QualcommSoftware Intern - GPU Compilers2008 — 2009San Diego County, California, United States
- Research In MotionSoftware Intern - Attachment Server2007Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Skills & more
Product StrategyProduct DevelopmentProduct Management5Cloud ComputingOwnershipTechnical Project DeliveryAgile Methodologies14Software Design11Distributed Systems3Software Engineering3Testing2Software Development11
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Agile Project ManagementMobile ApplicationsScrumScalabilityRuby on RailsJavaScriptHTML 5JavaSaaSMySQLPythonObjective-CFrom Gaurav's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gaurav Maken?
- Gaurav Maken is a Community Partner at Pioneer Fund.
- Where does Gaurav Maken work?
- Gaurav Maken is Founder of Mylk Guys.
- What companies did Gaurav Maken found?
- Gaurav Maken founded Mylk Guys.
- Where did Gaurav Maken go to school?
- Gaurav Maken studied at University of Toronto (Bachelors, Electrical and Computer Engineering); San Diego State University (Finance & Economics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of Toronto mafia253
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ilya SutskeverPhDFounded Safe Superintelligence +1Nick FrosstBachelor's of ScienceFounded CohereJeffrey KarpPhDFounded Tissium +3Shvet JainMAScFounded Panther +1Som SeifBa.ScFounded Purpose Investments +1Peter SumaHBSc - Honours Bachelor of Science majoring inFounded Applied Brain Research +1
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San Diego State University mafia61
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Louis Hernandez, Jr.Bachelor of Science - BSFounded Dragon Pay +3Brian RequarthBachelorsFounded VivaReal +1Paul J. ZakBA/BAFounded Immersion Neuroscience +1Robert SchulteMSFounded Lumatax +1Johannes RoggendorfFinanceFounded Medwing +1Cody BarboCommunicationFounded Niche +1
+ 54 more
Instacart mafia39
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Montana LowSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Tomo +3Quentin RousseauSenior Reliability EngineerFounded Rootly +2Jesse RobbinsStrategic AdvisorFounded Chef +1Kaitlyn KnoppHead of Global CompensationFounded Pequity +1Aamir PoonawallaTechnical LeadFounded Orchestra +1Jake SeipSenior Product Manager, New VerticalsFounded Aero +1
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Orange DAO mafia32
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Patrick J. CostelloPartnerFounded Naytev +1Tonjé Bakang TonjePartnerFounded Moots +1Anh-Tho ChuongLPFounded Get Lago +1Samarth ShyamOrange DAO memberFounded Ezzayo +1Venkatesh AmrutwarHelping Web3 startups growFounded Intract +1Patrick DeemInvestorFounded Voodoo Manufacturing
+ 25 more
Same school
Also attended University of Toronto726
Ilya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereYasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark CapitalImran BashirFounding Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Extreme Venture PartnersKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 720 more
Also attended San Diego State University243
Lucas SchaubelInvestor at DN CapitalJohn GregerCPO & Portfolio Partner at Burda Principal InvestmentsAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesEmily NorwoodManager, Marketing at Sapphire VenturesEmily StanfordInvestor at Notable CapitalMarienne CaroMarketing Lead at Qualcomm Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Mylk Guys3
Also worked at Instacart69
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVLily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek Ventures
+ 63 more
Also worked at Amazon1,104
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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Also worked at Qualcomm205
Ben CoughlanInvestor at Moonfire VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesBoaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesMarienne CaroMarketing Lead at Qualcomm VenturesLeilani ConroyExecutive Assistant at Qualcomm Ventures
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