Find your path to Nishant
531 people in our graph share verified history with Nishant — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Aydin SenkutunlockedNishant: together at Shopify (2019–2020)
×2Nishant: together at Shopify
×7Nishant: together at Stripe
×2Nishant: together at International Baccalaureate
About
Nishant Hooda previously worked as an engineer at Stripe and Brex. He is now building software testing tools.
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
Co-founders at Docket
BS
Boris SkurikhinFounder
AR
Arjun Rajasekharan PillaiExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
AT
Anoop Thomas MathewExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
Experience
- Docket (YC X25)Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StripeSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- BrexSenior Software Engineer2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineering Intern2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- ShopifySoftware Engineering Intern2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- GitHubSoftware Engineering Intern2020San Francisco Bay Area
- ShopifySoftware Engineering Intern2019Waterloo, Ontario
- TribalScaleSoftware Engineering Intern2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Bump Inc.Software Developer2019Toronto, Canada Area
- XE.comiOS Developer Intern2018Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
Swift9C++11C6Microsoft Excel5Microsoft PowerPoint5JavaScript1Node.js1Research5Leadership10Public Speaking6
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nishant Hooda?
- Nishant Hooda previously worked as an engineer at Stripe and Brex. He is now building software testing tools.
- Where does Nishant Hooda work?
- Nishant Hooda is Founder of Docket.
- What companies did Nishant Hooda found?
- Nishant Hooda founded Docket.
- Where did Nishant Hooda go to school?
- Nishant Hooda studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Computer Science); International Baccalaureate (Turner Fenton Seconday School, IB Diploma); Lund University (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
University of Waterloo mafia346
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded InstacartJon LernerBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded Textnow +2Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1
+ 339 more
Stripe mafia152
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Hemant TanejaInvestor (former Board Member)Founded Hippocratic AIMatt HuangBoard MemberFounded Paradigm +1Patrick CollisonCo-founder & CEOFounded AuctomaticGreg BrockmanFounding Engineer, then first CTOFounded OpenAIDaniela AmodeiEarly employee — Risk ManagerFounded AnthropicArvid LunnemarkSoftware EngineeringFounded Cursor
+ 145 more
Shopify mafia58
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Tobias LütkeCEOFounded Shopify +1Craig SoulesPrincipal EngineerFounded Springtail +1Max MusingUXFounded Scholarly +1Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Ian CrosbyHead of Financial ServicesFounded Bench +1Zach KochDirector of Product ManagementFounded Fixie +1
+ 51 more
Brex mafia48
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Henrique DubugrasCo-CEOFounded StoneRitik MalhotraDirector, Product ManagementFounded Savvy +2Tanooj LuthraSenior Engineering Manager, Foundation Platform + ObservabilityFounded Elph +1Cullen WilsonProduct Design LeadFounded WP Engine +1Keenan D. WilliamsRelationship ManagerFounded Rezi +1Asa MillerDesign EngineerFounded Pre +1
+ 41 more
Same school
Also attended University of Waterloo646
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalApoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAchintya ChaudhariInvestor at LightbankKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 640 more
Also attended International Baccalaureate118
Jessica WangFP&A Manager at March Capital PartnersGustavo González de la PeñaAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment GroupConrad SchooInvestor at EQT VenturesMaximilian SamneInvestor at EQT VenturesDanny EdmanInvestor at Alpha PartnersHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square Ventures
+ 112 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Docket (YC X25)1
Also worked at Stripe247
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of StripeJohn CollisonCo-founder & President of StripeGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI
+ 241 more
Also worked at Brex65
Henrique DubugrasCo-founder & former chairman of BrexPedro FranceschiCo-founder & CEO of BrexKatie BiberChief Operating Officer at ParadigmMatt MocharyInvestor at Fortius VenturesCarmen CollynsHead of Investor Relations at CAVU Consumer PartnersHadley CallawaySoftware Engineer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
+ 59 more
Also worked at GitHub44
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
+ 38 more