About
Rakesh Mehta is building Zarna, an AI-powered platform for private capital markets operations.
Founder at ZarnaYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Rakesh went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Zarna's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Rakesh can intro founders to Zarna's investors below.
Zarna's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Zarna
Experience
- Zarna (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 β presentSF Bay Area
- AEA InvestorsLead AI Engineercurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- NutanixSoftware Engineering2024San Jose, California, United States
- NewSpace @ BerkeleyProject Manager2023 β 2024
- NewSpace @ BerkeleyNewSpace Fellow2023 β 2024
- DeloitteNewSpace @ Berkeley Project Manager2023 β 2024
- Redwire SpaceNewSpace @ Berkeley Fellow2023
- Milpitas Xtreme RoboticsPresident2021 β 2022Milpitas, California, United States
- Milpitas Xtreme RoboticsMember2018 β 2021Milpitas, California, United States
- Golden ratioPresident2019 β 2022United States
- UC Santa BarbaraUndergraduate Research Assistant2021
- Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP)Researcher2019San Francisco Bay Area
- San Jose State UniversityProject Intern2018San Jose, California, United States
Skills & more
Team LeadershipPython (Programming Language)Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Premiere Pro1Adobe After Effects1Autodesk Fusion 360JupyterJavaScikit-LearnProject ManagementConsultingMarketing
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Market ResearchResearch SkillsResearch WritingMatplotlibAstronomyData StructuresResearchVolunteeringData MiningBlenderNumPySciPyLanguages English Β· Gujurati Β· Hindi Β· Spanish
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- Who is Rakesh Mehta?
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- Where did Rakesh Mehta go to school?
- Rakesh Mehta studied at Y Combinator (F25); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Astrophysics and Computer Science); Milpitas High School (High School Diploma).
Founder mafias
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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Milpitas High School mafia3
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,452
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Also attended Mission College3
Also attended San Jose City College1
Shared employers
Also worked at Zarna (YC F25)3
Also worked at AEA Investors20
Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersPeter ArrowsmithManaging Partner at JMI EquityJared JacobsManaging Partner at CAVU Consumer PartnersAnne DordaiHead of Portfolio and Platform at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthKevin BhattManaging Partner at Long Ridge Equity PartnersMark NeamanInvestor at HLM Investment Partners
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Also worked at UC Santa Barbara37
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