Find your path to Meera
524 people in our graph share verified history with Meera — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Mike FridgenunlockedMeera: together at Madrona Venture Labs (2024–2025)
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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 mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Perplexity mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Pieter AbbeelDirectorFounded Gradescope +1Taz PatelHead of Advertising and ShoppingFounded Captiv8Steve JangInvestor & Board MemberFounded Kindred VenturesAndy KonwinskiCo-founderFounded DatabricksNick DavidovInvestor - Series AFounded Cherry LabsVenugopal SathyanarayanaPerplexity AI Business FellowFounded CV Systems
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Madrona Venture Labs mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Washington608
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 Business16
Minda BrusseFounding Partner at First Row PartnersYoko OkanoFounding Partner at First Row PartnersNathan McDonaldManaging Partner & CEO at Keiretsu CapitalJake RhynerAnalyst at Syno Capital, LLCIzzy JohnsonSenior Fund Accountant at S2G InvestmentsJP NicolsCofounder & Managing Director at Alloy Labs
+ 10 more
Also worked at Perplexity52
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AICack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ash ShrivastavVenture Partner at Buckhill CapitalTaz PatelInvestor at Green Cow Venture CapitalGiovanni CaloInvestment Analyst at Mercato Partners
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Also worked at Madrona Venture Labs10
Mike FridgenVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupHsu Han OoiFounder, General Partner at ITERATIVESam DoreTalent at Amplify PartnersKelci ZileVenture Partner at SNOCAP USAnthony BontragerManaging Director at WestRiver GroupBrian FiocaFounder at RescueTime
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