Where does Mehul Shah work?

Mehul Shah is Founder of Blue Shift Labs and Founder at GroundControl and Founder at Mertado.

What companies did Mehul Shah found?

Mehul Shah founded Blue Shift Labs, GroundControl, Mertado.

Where did Mehul Shah go to school?

Mehul Shah studied at Y Combinator (YC X25); UC San Diego (Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering); UC San Diego (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering).

Mehul Shah

Founder

Founder at GroundControl · Founder at Blue Shift Labs · Founder at Mertado

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedBlue Shift Labs GroundControl · YC Mertado · YC

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About

Mehul Shah spent eight years developing software for a PCB manufacturing business and is now co-founder and CEO of GroundControl.

Founder at GroundControl YC X25

Intro paths

Mehul went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran GroundControl's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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GroundControl's investors · 5

8VCAustin · $500K – $50M checks Deep AcreFort Lauderdale Standard CapitalSan Francisco Transpose Platform ManagementSan Francisco Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at GroundControl

Matthew NoseworthyFounder

Nick WarrenFounder

Founder at Blue Shift Labs

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Blue Shift Labs's investors · 12

Avatar Growth Capital PartnersMumbai · $10M – $30M checks Conductive VenturesMountain View Fort Ross VenturesHerzliya Great Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checks Milliways VenturesLos Altos New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks Nexus Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks · since 2015 R136 VenturesWoodside · $2M – $20M checks Runway Growth CapitalMenlo Park SBVASeoul · $1M – $2.5M checks Storm VenturesPalo Alto · since 2016 The Engine VenturesCambridge

Co-founders at Blue Shift Labs

Subramanyam MallelaExecutive Officer, Director

Vijay ChittoorFounder

Manyam MallelaFounder

Founder at Mertado YC W10

Intro paths

Mehul went through Y Combinator (Winter 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Mertado's investors · 4

Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checks · since 2011 Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2011 Rustic Canyon PartnersLos Angeles · $1M – $10M checks · since 2011 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2010

Co-founders at Mertado

Vijay ChittoorFounder

Rajiv BhatFounder

Experience

GroundControlCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Summit InterconnectPM - Emerging Technology2023
Summit InterconnectSoftware2022 — 2023
Royal Circuit SolutionsHead of Software Engineering2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
OathSoftware Development Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Amazon Lab126Hardware Development Engineer Intern2016Sunnyvale, CA
Amazon Lab126Hardware Development Engineer Intern2015Cupertino, CA
MagCanicaElectrical Engineering Intern2015San Diego, CA
MicrosoftAudio/Acoustics Engineering Intern2014

Skills & more

Languages Gujarati · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mehul Shah?: Mehul Shah spent eight years developing software for a PCB manufacturing business and is now co-founder and CEO of GroundControl.
Where does Mehul Shah work?: Mehul Shah is Founder of Blue Shift Labs and Founder at GroundControl and Founder at Mertado.
What companies did Mehul Shah found?: Mehul Shah founded Blue Shift Labs, GroundControl, Mertado.
Where did Mehul Shah go to school?: Mehul Shah studied at Y Combinator (YC X25); UC San Diego (Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering); UC San Diego (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering).