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Hootan Mahallati

Founder

Founder at Hyperseed

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedHyperseed · YC

About

Hootan Mahallati is a product executive who has held leadership roles at several companies including Nextdoor (ahead of its IPO), Depop (interim CPO before its $1.6B exit), and Rocket Internet (Global CPO). He is the founder and CEO of Hyperseed, a Y Combinator-backed B2B fintech company.

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Founder at HyperseedYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Hootan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Co-founders at Hyperseed

GUGeorg Untersalmberger
Georg UntersalmbergerFounder

Experience

  1. Product Pioneer PartnersPartnercurrent2024 — presentGlobal
  2. HyperseedCEO & Co-founder2020 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
  3. DepopInterim Chief Product Officer (consultant)2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  4. Brickblock.ioInterim Chief Operating Officer (consultant)2017Berlin Area, Germany
  5. Rocket Internet SEGlobal Chief Product Officer2015 — 2017Berlin Area, Germany
  6. Nextdoor.comDirector of Product2012 — 2015San Francisco, CA
  7. Bump TechnologiesVP Product2011 — 2012Mountain View, CA
  8. TripItProduct Manager, Mobile2010 — 2011San Francisco, CA
  9. rightpedalFounder & CEO2007 — 2009San Francisco, CA
  10. Yahoo! Inc.MBA Global Marketing Intern2006Sunnyvale, CA
  11. Ricardo Strategic ConsultingAssociate2004 — 2005Global
  12. Ricardo Strategic ConsultingBusiness Development Manager, Mechanical Simulation Products2000 — 2004Global
  13. Ricardo Strategic ConsultingProject Engineer, Thermo-Fluids1998 — 2000Global

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS212021
  2. Columbia Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, (management
  3. Vanderbilt UniversityBE, Mechanical Engineering
  4. Collège du Léman - International SchoolDiploma
  5. Vanderbilt University
  6. Vanderbilt University

Skills & more

Change ManagementDigitizationSalesSales OperationsFundraisingMobile Devices55Product Management47Mobile Applications32Product Development22Start-ups25Competitive Analysis11Analytics25
+12 moreAgile MethodologiesEntrepreneurshipProduct LaunchProduct MarketingBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsGeneral ManagementStrategyLeadershipCEO

Languages English · French · German · Italian · Persian · Spanish

From Hootan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,458 more

Also attended Columbia Business School577

Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 571 more

Also attended Vanderbilt University156

Jacob JofeInvestor at Index VenturesRoss Perot Jr.Chairman of The Perot Group at Perot JainDavid JohnsonManaging Director at Intel Capital, North AmericaTom DriscollPrincipal at Differential VenturesSabina SmithPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersPayton DobbsOperating Partner at Hoxton Ventures

+ 150 more

Also attended Collège du Léman - International School3

Walter KortschakFounder at Firestreak VenturesWalter KortschakFounder & Managing Partner at Kortschak Investments L.P.Peter HarrisInvestor at Myriad Venture Partners

Shared employers

Also worked at Product Pioneer Partners1

Georg UntersalmbergerFounder at Hyperseed

Also worked at Depop6

Roberto BonanzingaPartner at Inreach VenturesWill GibbsPartner at Octopus VenturesFredrik CasselGeneral Partner at CreandumJames WisePartner at Balderton CapitalMaria RagaAdvisor at CreandumDamien HenaultManaging Director, Forgepoint Capital International at ForgePoint Capital

Also worked at Rocket Internet SE115

Ian MarshInvestor at DN CapitalGuy Ward ThomasInvestor at DN CapitalPauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniJohn GregerCPO & Portfolio Partner at Burda Principal InvestmentsMichel GlezerDirector at Qualcomm VenturesBenjamin AuschitzkyScaleup Success Manager at Partech Ventures

+ 109 more

Also worked at Nextdoor.com12

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockSarah LearyVenture Partner at Unusual VenturesAditya NaganathPartner at KPCBBryan PowerVenture Partner at SHAKTILauren NemethInvestor at Premji Invest

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