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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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
Skills & more
HTML2Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)2Java2Blockchain2Microsoft Excel2Strategy2Problem Solving2Business2Business Analysis1Business Planning1Copywriting2Branding2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Meera Patel?
- Meera Patel has manufacturing industry experience and is developing software for heavy manufacturing operations.
- Where does Meera Patel work?
- Meera Patel is Founder of HERA.
- What companies did Meera Patel found?
- Meera Patel founded HERA.
- Where did Meera Patel go to school?
- Meera Patel studied at Y Combinator; University of Washington (Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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University of Washington mafia114
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Arvind JainMastersFounded GleanJane MooneyBachelor of Business Administration - BBAFounded Collaborative RoboticsMatthew ScholzBSFounded Oisin Biotechnologies +3Emmett ShearFounded Softmax +2Emin Gun SirerPh.D.Founded Avalanche +2Sara VaezyMPHFounded Dexcare +1
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Perplexity mafia13
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Pieter AbbeelDirectorFounded Gradescope +1Taz PatelHead of Advertising and ShoppingFounded Captiv8Andy KonwinskiCo-founderFounded DatabricksVenugopal SathyanarayanaPerplexity AI Business FellowFounded CV SystemsRam ShanmugamInvestorFounded Sauce LabsRosie PhillipsComms OpsFounded Founders Forum
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Madrona Venture Labs mafia2
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
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Also attended University of Washington277
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzArvind JainFounder & CEO of GleanJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoe HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture Group
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Shared employers
Also worked at HERA1
Also worked at UW Foster School of Business11
Minda BrusseFounding Partner at First Row PartnersYoko OkanoFounding Partner at First Row PartnersNathan McDonaldManaging Partner & CEO at Keiretsu CapitalIzzy JohnsonSenior Fund Accountant at S2G InvestmentsJP NicolsCofounder & Managing Director at Alloy LabsMarty CollinsHead of Portfolio Development at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
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Also worked at Perplexity39
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AICack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ash ShrivastavVenture Partner at Buckhill CapitalArmita HosseiniVenture Fellow at Leonis CapitalTaz PatelInvestor at Green Cow Venture Capital
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