Experience
- KaratCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2014 — presentSeattle
- Seattle AcademyBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Affinity IncAdvisor2017 — 2025
- MicrosoftSenior Director, XBOX2010 — 2013Redmond, WA
- MicrosoftDirector, Corporate Strategy2007 — 2010Beijing & Redmond
- Topic MagazineCo-Founder & Publisher2003 — 2007New York
- Oliver WymanStrategy Consultant2004 — 2006
- Bates White Economic ConsultingData Engineer2003 — 2004
- LazardInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2002
Skills & more
Educational Technology2Strategy61Team Leadership5Management13Mergers4Investments9Gaming1Strategic Partnerships52Product Development13Start-up Ventures4Team Building11China Business Development1
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RecruitingInternational Business DevelopmentCorporate DevelopmentStrategic LeadershipProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentStart-upsFinancial ModelingMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness PlanningManagement ConsultingGo-to-market StrategyFrom Mohit's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mohit Bhende?
- Founder at Karat
- Where does Mohit Bhende work?
- Mohit Bhende is Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of Karat.
- What companies did Mohit Bhende found?
- Mohit Bhende founded Karat, Karat.
- Where did Mohit Bhende go to school?
- Mohit Bhende studied at The Wharton School (MBA); University of Cambridge (MPhil, Game Theory); Penn State University (B.Sc. (Honors Program), Math and Economics).
Founder mafias
University of Cambridge mafia381
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Stewart ButterfieldMPhilFounded Flickr +1Demis HassabisBAFounded Google Deepmind +2Immad AkhundMaster of Arts (M.A.)Founded Mercury Technologies, Inc. +3Inaki BerenguerMasterFounded InfiniteWatch +2Harish AgarwalMaster of Philosophy - MPhilFounded Nori +2Jeroen Van HautteMaster of Philosophy - MPhilFounded Founders Pledge +2
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The Wharton School mafia356
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kunal BahlMarketing and Operations StrategyFounded SnapdealJack AbrahamBachelors of Science in Economics *Dropped outFounded Sauron +8Gleb ChuvpiloMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded Pager +4Ankur JainBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Kairos +3Jagmeet LambaMBAFounded Certa +3Christian SchadeMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Halda Therapeutics +2
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) mafia225
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Anne OsdoitCorporate Finance & Strategy - Executive summer schoolFounded Moon Surgical +2Toby TriebelBsCFounded Spotcap +1Shaoib MakaniBScFounded Motive Technologies +1Steve LoughlinCertificateFounded RelateIQ +1James J BesharaDevelopment Economics and International DevelopmentFounded Tilt +1Kyle MichelsonGovernment & GlobalizationFounded Getlabs +1
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Penn State University mafia80
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ash AshutoshMastersFounded Actifio +1Queen Chinyere QuinnB.A.Founded Oathafrica +1Rick NucciBSFounded Guru +1Fahim FerdousComputer ScienceFounded AdQuick +1Joe FiotiComputer ScienceFounded Luminal +1Jeffrey ChenBSFounded Leeoinsurance +1
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Affinity mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Deny KhoungAdvisorFounded Standard MetricsAndrew LuoFounding EngineerFounded OneSchemaHansen QianFull-Stack Software EngineerFounded LightskiKat WangSenior Product Manager, Data & Machine LearningFounded PartnerHQVineet JammalamadakaSenior Software EngineerFounded RobbyRobert EngSoftware EngineerFounded Pylon
Same school
Also attended The Wharton School2,000
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalJack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic
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Also attended University of Cambridge1,180
Stewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrDemis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindNiko BonatsosVerdict Capital founder and pre-consensus investor formerly at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesLeah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray Ventures
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Also attended Penn State University286
Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at RevolutionFallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital PartnersCristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire VenturesNick DolikInvestor at 8VCRobert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion CapitalLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners
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Also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)1,341
Lee FixelFounder of AdditionPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalNeil MehtaCo-founder & Managing Partner at GreenoaksCyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesSofia DolfeInvestor at Index VenturesJonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Karat5
Also worked at Microsoft1,416
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Oliver Wyman192
Leonard PicardoAdvisor at Manta Ray VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDale ChangOperating Partner at Scale Venture PartnersAmias GeretyPartner, Head of U.S. at QED InvestorsLaura BockPartner at QED InvestorsRobert TomkinsonSelf at Mucker Capital
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