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Niki Khokale

Founder

Founder at Fountain9

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedFountain9 · YC

About

Niki Khokale previously held leadership roles at Google (supply and operations planning), American Express (risk and information management), and Sears (analytics). She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and is now CEO and co-founder of Fountain9.

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Founder at Fountain9YC W21

Intro paths

YC

Niki went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Niki can intro founders to Fountain9's investors below.

Fountain9's investors · 2

Titan CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Fountain9

RLRajas Lonkar
Rajas LonkarFounder

Experience

  1. FilevineSenior Product Manager, AI Productscurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. RamaLama LabsEntrepreneur in Residence2025 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
  3. RappiB2B GM & Director of Product Management2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  4. Fountain9 (YC W21) (Acquired by Rappi)Co-founder & CEO2019 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  5. Forbes Technology CouncilMember Forbes Technology Council2022 — 2024
  6. GoogleHead of Product Strategy and Analytics, Google Fiber2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. GoogleProduct Insights and Analytics Manager, Google Fiber2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  8. American ExpressDirector, Data Products for Risk Management2015 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
  9. American ExpressSr. Manager, Data Products for Risk Management2014 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
  10. American ExpressManager, Data Products for Risk Management2013 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
  11. Sears Holdings CorporationManager, Business Analytics2013Greater Chicago Area
  12. Sears Holdings CorporationTechnology Leadership Program Associate2012 — 2013Greater Chicago Area
  13. Sears Holdings CorporationTechnology Leadership Program Intern2011Greater Chicago Area
  14. Tata Consultancy ServicesAssistant System Engineer2008 — 2010Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS, Information System Management2010 — 2011
  2. Y Combinator
  3. KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, VidyaviharB.E., Electronics and Telecommunication2004 — 2008

Skills & more

Open-Source SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)PL/SQL18Hadoop10Tableau8Java7Microsoft Excel4Mahout1Model DeploymentGenerative AIAI SecurityTime Series Forecasting
+12 moreAgentic AIExecutive ManagementAccount ExpansionRevenue & Profit GrowthAcquisition IntegrationProduct DiscoveryProduct-Market-FitDeveloper ToolsProduct Market FitMarket ResearchEnterprise Account ManagementRevenue Growth & Expansion

Languages English · Hindi · Marathi

  • Groceryshop Retail Education Certificate — Groceryshop

From Niki's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Carnegie Mellon University mafia168

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dr. Manu KumarBSFounded Hi Hello +1Blake SchollBSFounded Boom +1Vishwas PrabhakaraB.S.Founded Fanvibe +1Dan SilbermanMathematics and Computer ScienceFounded Mozart Data +1Ivan KiriginMSFounded YesGraph +1Wei An WangBachelor's Degree (BS)Founded Readily +1

+ 161 more

Rappi mafia15

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sebastian RualesFounding Team & Built and Grew Sales and Monetization GloballyFounded BiaSebastian MejiaFounderFounded TakoAndrés VélezHead of StrategyFounded TributiMiguel MedinaSenior Partner ManagerFounded PlerkAngel AriasDirector of Expansion MexicoFounded PlerkFelipe Serra de OliveiraHead of OperationsFounded cloud humans

+ 8 more

Filevine mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Matt McClellanBusiness Devlopment Team LeadFounded HonaSona SulakianVP, AI ProductsFounded PincitesMariam SulakianVP, Engineering - AI productsFounded Pincites

Filevine mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Matt McClellanBusiness Devlopment Team LeadFounded HonaSona SulakianVP, AI ProductsFounded PincitesMariam SulakianVP, Engineering - AI productsFounded Pincites

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University378

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVlad LoktevInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 372 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar2

Nikhar GandhiInvestor at Aavishkaar Venture Management Services Private LimitedGirish RadhakrishnanFounder at MOVEdot

Shared employers

Also worked at RamaLama Labs1

Ian EavesFounder at Grai

Also worked at Forbes Technology Council61

Vipul KellaInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalSam KroonenburgVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesScot WingoFormer CEO, Spiffy at Bull City Venture PartnersWill CadellVenture Advisor at Cultivation CapitalAlex RobbioInvestor at MatterScale VenturesEve MalerVenture Partner & Advisor at 1414 Ventures

+ 55 more

Also worked at Google1,533

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,527 more

Also worked at American Express141

Victoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera Capital

+ 135 more