About
Founder and CEO of Hype, a mobile application that tracks cryptocurrency trends, memecoins, and top traders in the crypto market.
Founder at HypeYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Ravi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Hype's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ravi can intro founders to Hype's investors below.
Experience
- HypeFoundercurrent2024 — present
- HypeshotFoundercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
- Deutsche BankInvestment Banking Analyst2019 — 2021New York, New York
- ContraryVenture Partner2017 — 2019
- TIDALProduct2018Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Deutsche BankInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2018New York, New York
- Dunmore Capital PartnersPrivate Equity Analyst2016Greater Chicago Area
- MBAFBusiness Valuation Intern2016Miami, Florida
- JetSmarterProduct intern2015
- Houlihan LokeyIntern2014Boca Raton, Florida
Skills & more
Ruby5Ruby on Rails5HTML7JavaScript5CSS5jQuery2Entrepreneurship15Marketing9Leadership7Social Media11Microsoft Office10Start-ups9
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Strategic PlanningMarketing StrategyManagementSocial Media MarketingBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentProject ManagementSocial NetworkingOnline AdvertisingOnline MarketingStrategyFrom Ravi's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ravi Bakhai?
- Founder and CEO of Hype, a mobile application that tracks cryptocurrency trends, memecoins, and top traders in the crypto market.
- Where does Ravi Bakhai work?
- Ravi Bakhai is Founder of Hype.
- What companies did Ravi Bakhai found?
- Ravi Bakhai founded Hype.
- Where did Ravi Bakhai go to school?
- Ravi Bakhai studied at University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Major: Economics | Minors: Molecular Engineering Technology and Media Art and Design); Pine Crest School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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University of Chicago mafia102
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Deutsche Bank mafia57
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Contrary mafia17
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Pine Crest School mafia6
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Same school
Also attended University of Chicago349
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesSam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Clay FisherInvestor at Spark CapitalJonas CiplickasPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersJulia Gonzalez SandersPartner and General Counsel at Crosslink Capital
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Also attended Pine Crest School21
Harrison LieberfarbPartner at Canvas VenturesRyan FreedmanCo-Founder, Executive Chairman at Alpaca VCArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesValentina RodriguezPartner at Wonder VenturesJacob KatzPrincipal at Blumberg CapitalRachel SnyderHead of Platform & Operations at Centre Street Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Deutsche Bank540
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkVlad YatsenkoCo-founder & CTO of RevolutFunmi GarrickFinance and Operations at Impact America FundGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJeppe ZinkPartner at NorthzoneDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera Capital
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Also worked at Contrary53
Michelle FangResident at Lux CapitalShreyas GargInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Basil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at StripesGraham CarneyInvestments at General PartnershipJustin LiAnalyst at Level EquityRak GargPartner at Bain Capital Ventures
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Also worked at Houlihan Lokey91
Richard GuVice President at March Capital PartnersGrace ChenVP of Finance at Sierra VenturesJason KwonPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersSahib GillAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersJim BarsnessInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalHelen LinInvestor at At One Ventures
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