Find your path to Rakesh
136 people in our graph share verified history with Rakesh β schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Kim TranunlockedRakesh: together at San Jose State University (2018)
Γ7Rakesh: together at AEA Investors
Γ2Rakesh: together at Nutanix
Rakesh: together at UC Santa Barbara
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.
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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.
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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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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 Founder of Zarna.
- What companies did Rakesh Mehta found?
- Rakesh Mehta founded Zarna.
- 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
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
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Nutanix mafia20
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Shourya AgarwalEngineer InternFounded Flam +1Adam StruckInvestorFounded Long Island Iced TeaBipul SinhaDirectorFounded RubrikDheeraj PandeyExecutive Officer, DirectorFounded DevRev Developer Tools San FranciscoTobias KnaupSenior AdvisorFounded D2iQManoj AgarwalVP EngineeringFounded DevRev Developer Tools San Francisco
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Milpitas High School mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mission College mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst
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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 Investors63
Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersPeter ArrowsmithManaging Partner at JMI EquityAlex RainesSenior Associate at JMI EquityMaria GuglielmoManager, Recruiting and Employee Experience at Deerfield Management CompanyJared JacobsManaging Partner at CAVU Consumer PartnersAnne DordaiHead of Portfolio and Platform at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health
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Also worked at Deloitte2,000
Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewSteve AnaviCo-founder & President of QontoNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesRaychel BailonVP of Finance at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at Investinor
+ 1,994 more
Also worked at UC Santa Barbara69
Erica DelamareInvestor at DaphniChris DegierePartner, Data Intelligence Group at TCVJustin FengSenior Associate at Atlas VentureMatthew StottsCo-founder and Partner at Cerulean VenturesTim ArnoldInvestor at Steamwork VenturesEmily SimsInvestor at VMG Partners
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