About
Parth Maheshwari is cofounder and CTO at Mochatrade. He previously led engineering at a major fintech lending startup in India and worked on web-based design tools. He graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2020.
Founder at MochatradeYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Parth went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Mochatrade's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Parth can intro founders to Mochatrade's investors below.
Mochatrade's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Mochatrade
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Utkarsh SinhaFounder
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Chetan MandaFounder
Experience
- Mochatrade (YC P26)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2026 β present
- NaviSoftware Development Engineer 32025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- NaviSoftware Development Engineer 22023 β 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- AdobeMember Of Technical Staff 22022 β 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- AdobeMember Of Technical Staff2020 β 2022Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- QualcommDevelopment Intern2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Alcheringa, IIT GuwahatiHead, Infrastructure and Planning2018 β 2019IIT Guwahati
- Hanyang University - ERICAResearcher2018Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
- Alcheringa, IIT GuwahatiEvents Management Panel2017 β 2018
Skills & more
CloudflareJavaSpring BootKotlinNext.jsHTMLMobXRedux.jsHTML CSSReact.jsC++Python
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CMatlabMicrosoft OfficeGithubJavaScriptObjective-CLangChainAI AgentsRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Vector DatabasesApache SparkLeadership- Learn Langchain.js β Scrimba
- Learn AI Agents β Scrimba
- Learn RAG β Scrimba
- Deploy AI Apps with Cloudflare β Scrimba
- Open Source AI Models β Scrimba
- Intro to AI Engineering β Scrimba
- Product Manager Fellowship β NextLeap
- Become a Product Manager β Udemy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Parth Maheshwari?
- Parth Maheshwari is cofounder and CTO at Mochatrade. He previously led engineering at a major fintech lending startup in India and worked on web-based design tools. He graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2020.
- Where does Parth Maheshwari work?
- Parth Maheshwari is Founder of Mochatrade.
- What companies did Parth Maheshwari found?
- Parth Maheshwari founded Mochatrade.
- Where did Parth Maheshwari go to school?
- Parth Maheshwari studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication); Y Combinator (P26).
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