About
Helly Shah is the co-founder and CTO of Ralo, a mortgage platform. She previously led design and product work at Google Maps serving over a billion users, and built real-time trading systems at Goldman Sachs. She grew up in a family involved in real estate development across India and the United States.
Co-Founder & CTO at RaloYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Helly went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ralo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Helly can intro founders to Ralo's investors below.
Ralo's investors · 2
Co-founders at Ralo
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Arjun LalwaniCo-Founder & CEO
Experience
- RaloCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2022 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- Goldman SachsAnalyst2020 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- University of WashingtonWriting Consultant2017 — 2020Seattle, Washington, United States
- University of WashingtonStaffing Recruiter2018 — 2019Seattle, Washington, United States
- University of WashingtonData Analyst2018Seattle, Washington, United States
- Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2019New York, New York, United States
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern2018Bellevue, Washington, United States
Skills & more
Leadership3Data Visualization4Developmental Editing2Data AnalysisDirectXStructural Editing1Java10C#RMicrosoft OfficeTableau1OpenGL
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D3.jsPythonJavaScriptC++CLanguages English · French · Gujarati · Hindi
- Emergency Medical Technician, Basic — New York State
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Helly Shah?
- Helly Shah is the co-founder and CTO of Ralo, a mortgage platform. She previously led design and product work at Google Maps serving over a billion users, and built real-time trading systems at Goldman Sachs. She grew up in a family involved in real estate development across India and the United States.
- Where does Helly Shah work?
- Helly Shah is Co-Founder & CTO of Ralo.
- What companies did Helly Shah found?
- Helly Shah founded Ralo.
- Where did Helly Shah go to school?
- Helly Shah studied at Y Combinator; University of Washington (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Tohoku University (Engineering in Japan: Exploring in the Heart of High-tech).
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