About
Medha Basu co-founded Defog.ai and previously worked as a journalist and content marketing professional, building an enterprise content marketing firm to significant revenue scale.
Founder at FactIQYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Medha went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran FactIQ's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Medha can intro founders to FactIQ's investors below.
FactIQ's investors · 1
Co-founders at FactIQ
RS
Rishabh SrivastavaFounder
Experience
- FactIQCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Defog.ai (YC W23)Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentSingapore
- GrabRegional Public Affairs Manager2021 — 2022Singapore
- GovInsiderFounding Team & Deputy Editor2015 — 2021Singapore
- FutureGov.AsiaJournalist2013 — 2015Singapore
- National University of SingaporeResearch Assistant2013Singapore
- Innovations for Poverty ActionField Researcher2012Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Skills & more
Data Analysis12Market Research3Research17Statistics1Economics2Econometrics1Qualitative Research3Community Outreach2Data Collection1Policy7Journalism4Broadcast Journalism2
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Online JournalismNews WritingInterviewsGovernmentStataLaTeXStrategic PlanningLanguages Bengali · English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Medha Basu?
- Medha Basu co-founded Defog.ai and previously worked as a journalist and content marketing professional, building an enterprise content marketing firm to significant revenue scale.
- Where does Medha Basu work?
- Medha Basu is Founder of FactIQ.
- What companies did Medha Basu found?
- Medha Basu founded FactIQ.
- Where did Medha Basu go to school?
- Medha Basu studied at National University of Singapore (Bachelor’s Degree, Economics); Y Combinator.
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