About
Meera Patel has manufacturing industry experience and is developing software for heavy manufacturing operations.
Founder at HERAYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Meera 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 HERA's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Meera can intro founders to HERA's investors below.
HERA's investors · 1
Co-founders at HERA
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Noelle SoFounder
Experience
- HERAFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DubHacks NextHead of Projects2025 — 2026
- DubHacks NextEntrepreneur in Residence2024 — 2025
- CargoCheck®Research Intern2025
- UW Foster School of BusinessDirector of Outreach, WE Lead2024 — 2025
- UW Foster School of BusinessDirector of Marketing, WE Lead2023 — 2024
- PerplexityGrowth2024 — 2025
- Madrona Venture LabsIntern2024 — 2025
- University of Washington Lavin Entrepreneurship ProgramMember2023 — 2025
Education
- Y Combinator2026
- University of WashingtonBachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering2022 — 2026
Skills & more
HTML2Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)2Java2Blockchain2Microsoft Excel2Strategy2Problem Solving2Business2Business Analysis1Business Planning1Copywriting2Branding2
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,463
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
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Also attended University of Washington186
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoseph HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJohn CarpenterInformation Technology Director at Madrona Venture Group
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Shared employers
Also worked at HERA1
Also worked at UW Foster School of Business9
Minda BrusseFounding Partner at First Row PartnersYoko OkanoFounding Partner at First Row PartnersIzzy JohnsonSenior Fund Accountant at S2G InvestmentsJP NicolsCofounder & Managing Director at Alloy LabsJacob ColkerManaging Director at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)Julie SanderManaging Director at Pioneer Square Labs
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Also worked at Perplexity30
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersCack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ash ShrivastavVenture Partner at Buckhill CapitalArmita HosseiniVenture Fellow at Leonis CapitalTaz PatelInvestor at Green Cow Venture CapitalÉtienne MérineauPartner at Inovia Capital
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