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Nishant Hooda

Founder

Founder at Docket

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDocket · YC

About

Nishant Hooda previously worked as an engineer at Stripe and Brex. He is now building software testing tools.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at DocketYC X25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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

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In turn, Nishant can intro founders to Docket's investors below.

Docket's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Docket

BSBoris Skurikhin
Boris SkurikhinFounder
AR
Arjun Rajasekharan PillaiExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
AT
Anoop Thomas MathewExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. Docket (YC X25)Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. StripeSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
  3. BrexSenior Software Engineer2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
  4. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineering Intern2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  5. ShopifySoftware Engineering Intern2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  6. GitHubSoftware Engineering Intern2020San Francisco Bay Area
  7. ShopifySoftware Engineering Intern2019Waterloo, Ontario
  8. TribalScaleSoftware Engineering Intern2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  9. Bump Inc.Software Developer2019Toronto, Canada Area
  10. XE.comiOS Developer Intern2018Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Education

  1. University of WaterlooBachelor of Computer Science
  2. International BaccalaureateTurner Fenton Seconday School, IB Diploma
  3. Lund UniversityEngineering

Skills & more

Swift9C++11C6Microsoft Excel5Microsoft PowerPoint5JavaScript1Node.js1Research5Leadership10Public Speaking6

From Nishant'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

University of Waterloo mafia183

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Oleg KostourHonours Bachelor of Architectural StudiesFounded AtlasGrid +1Anton KrutianskyBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded AtlasGrid +1Eric MigicovskyBachelor of EngineeringFounded Beeper +1Kevin LiengineeringFounded jo +1Eric BlondeelBAScFounded Samos Insurance +1Mike MillerFounded Epoch +1

+ 176 more

Stripe mafia83

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Hemant TanejaInvestor (former Board Member)Founded CommureMatt HuangBoard MemberFounded HotspotsBrian BrunnerSoftware EngineerFounded DataShare +1Mike MahlkowGrowthFounded Fastgen +1Shravan ReddyEngineering LeaderFounded PixelapseFrancesco MoiraghiGTMFounded Kickpay

+ 76 more

Shopify mafia31

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Chirag PatelVP Product & GM MoneyFounded PaysafeTobias LütkeCTOFounded ShopifyJonathan PomaDirector, Go-to-Market InitiativesFounded LoopTom JaklitschSoftware Engineering InternFounded OrderCraig SoulesPrincipal EngineerFounded Natero

+ 24 more

Brex mafia29

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ritik MalhotraDirector, Product ManagementFounded Elph +1Tanooj LuthraEngineering Manager, Brex CashFounded Elph +1Cullen WilsonProduct Design LeadFounded WP Engine +1Asa MillerDesign EngineerFounded Pre +1Sherwood CallawaySoftware Engineer, Infra (Observability)Founded Sazabi +1Liza GurtinProductFounded Accend

+ 22 more

Same school

Also attended University of Waterloo343

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 337 more

Also attended International Baccalaureate74

AlptugInvestment Team at Hummingbird VenturesDanny EdmanInvestor at Alpha PartnersHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square VenturesEdward YangSenior Associate at Prelude VenturesArmita HosseiniVenture Fellow at Leonis CapitalAna Chávez PeónHead of Investor Network at Nazca

+ 68 more

Also attended Lund University74

Rony Patishi-ChillimInvestor at Israel Cleantech VenturesJakob PalmstiernaPresident at GSRMargot HuysmansAnalyst at Heran PartnersAnna HauptInvestor at IndustrifondenReece ChowdhryGeneral Partner at Concept VenturesAnna GisselssonInvestor at Almi Invest

+ 68 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Docket (YC X25)1

Boris SkurikhinFounder at Docket

Also worked at Stripe166

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalLaura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesMark FiorentinoInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 160 more

Also worked at Brex53

Katie BiberChief Operating Officer at ParadigmAyesha AroraVenture Partner at S32Jake SeidGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesJamesPrincipal at Draper AssociatesMatt MocharyInvestor at Fortius VenturesCarmen CollynsHead of Investor Relations at CAVU Consumer Partners

+ 47 more

Also worked at GitHub24

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesGrey BakerGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorEric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tom LoverroInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)James LeeVP of Finance & Operations at Asymmetric Capital Partners

+ 18 more