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About
Rakesh Mehta is building Zarna, an AI-powered platform for private capital markets operations.
CTO at ZarnaYC F25
Intro paths
Rakesh went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Zarna's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Rakesh can intro founders to Zarna's investors below.
Zarna's investors · 1
Co-founders at Zarna
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rakesh Mehta?
- Rakesh Mehta is building Zarna, an AI-powered platform for private capital markets operations.
- Where does Rakesh Mehta work?
- Rakesh Mehta is CTO of Zarna.
- What companies did Rakesh Mehta found?
- Rakesh Mehta founded Zarna.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University of California, Berkeley mafia1,343
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Nutanix mafia26
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mission College mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Golden Ratio mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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