About
Ishan Ramrakhiani is Chief Product Officer at Shepherd (YC S26), studied biomedical engineering at Stanford, and previously conducted research at Dartmouth.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- i•••@askshepherd.aireveal75% confident
Founder at ShepherdYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Ishan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Shepherd's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ishan can intro founders to Shepherd's investors below.
Shepherd's investors · 6
Costanoa VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $8M checks · since 2024Era VenturesNew York · since 2024Greenlight ReGrand Cayman · since 2024Intact VenturesToronto · $1.5M – $7.3M checks · since 2024Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026
Co-founders at Shepherd
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Philip MengFounder, CEO
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Elijah RennerFounder
Experience
- Shepherd (YC S26)Founder & CPOcurrent2026 — present
- Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthBiomedical Researcher2025 — 2026
- National Science Foundation (NSF)Joint Science Education Project at Dartmouth College2025
- BindwellData Science Intern2025
- American College of CardiologyACC Young Scholar2024 — 2025
- Indiana University - Kelley School of BusinessMEET Kelley Business Program2025
- Purdue University Fort WayneComputational Biochemistry Researcher2024 — 2025
- Indiana University IndianapolisNanotechnology Researcher2023Indianapolis, IN
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ishan Ramrakhiani?
- Ishan Ramrakhiani is Chief Product Officer at Shepherd (YC S26), studied biomedical engineering at Stanford, and previously conducted research at Dartmouth.
- Where does Ishan Ramrakhiani work?
- Ishan Ramrakhiani is Founder of Shepherd.
- What companies did Ishan Ramrakhiani found?
- Ishan Ramrakhiani founded Shepherd.
- Where did Ishan Ramrakhiani go to school?
- Ishan Ramrakhiani studied at Stanford University (Biomedical Computation); Y Combinator (S26); Canterbury School of Northeast Indiana (High School Diploma).
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