Fundraising Fox

Rehman Merali

Founder

Executive Officer, Director at Zenblen · Founder at teaBOT

Canada

FoundedteaBOT · YC

About

Rehman Merali holds a PhD in Robotics and is developing technology focused on applications in developing regions.

Executive Officer, Director at Zenblen

Intro paths

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In turn, Rehman can intro founders to Zenblen's investors below.

Zenblen's investors · 4

Dipalo VenturesChicago Lofty VenturesChicago · $10K – $100K checks Service Provider CapitalVail Slauson & Co.Los Angeles · $300K checks

Founder at teaBOT YC S15

Intro paths

YC

Rehman went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Rehman can intro founders to teaBOT's investors below.

teaBOT's investors · 7

Garage CapitalWaterloo Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks Lofty VenturesChicago · $10K – $100K checks Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks Relay VenturesToronto · $500K – $10M checks Venture OntarioToronto Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at teaBOT

CD

Chris DeutschRe-Founder

Experience

teaBOTCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2013 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
ZenblenCTO & Advisorcurrent2020 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
University of Toronto Robotics AssociationSupervisor2008 — 2013Toronto, Canada
Laurentian UniversityTelerobotics Researcher2006 — 2007
Harvard Medical SchoolHardware and Software Developer2006
ATS Automation Tooling SystemsControl Systems Designer2005
Ionic Engineering Ltd.Mechanical Engineering Assistant2004
Inco LimitedSoftware Engineer and Automation Developer2004

Skills & more

Engineering Management1Investor Relations1Expert Advisor1Robotics37Automation16Engineering13Programming5Mechanical Engineering4Entrepreneurship4Start-ups2Fundraising1Research2

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MechanicsMobile RoboticsTeachingBayesian methodsRobotic SystemsBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipC++MatlabPythonLaTeXLinux

From Rehman's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rehman Merali?: Rehman Merali holds a PhD in Robotics and is developing technology focused on applications in developing regions.
Where does Rehman Merali work?: Rehman Merali is Founder of teaBOT.
What companies did Rehman Merali found?: Rehman Merali founded teaBOT.
Where did Rehman Merali go to school?: Rehman Merali studied at University of Toronto (PhD, Autonomous Space Robotics); Y Combinator; University of Waterloo (B.A.Sc., Mechatronics Engineering).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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Y Combinator mafia4,716

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University of Waterloo mafia200

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University of Toronto mafia101

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Ilya SutskeverPhDFounded Safe Superintelligence +1 Nick FrosstBachelor's of ScienceFounded Cohere Jeffrey KarpPhDFounded Tissium +3 Shvet JainMAScFounded Panther +1 Kiran GolluM.Sc.Founded Oodle +1 Alex LevyFounded Atmo +1

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Zenblen mafia2

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Greg RublevBoard MemberFounded Runzy

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Also attended University of Toronto342

Ilya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe Superintelligence Nick FrosstCo-founder of Cohere Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark Capital Imran BashirFounding Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Extreme Venture Partners Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Andrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Maroof AhmedFounder at Octopus Ventures Justin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital

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Also attended University of Waterloo357

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Rohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge Capital Andrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator AniTalent Team at Hummingbird Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Zenblen1

Greg RublevEntrepreneur in Residence at Dipalo Ventures

Also worked at Laurentian University2

Don DuvalPrincipal at Evok Innovations Moustapha SoumahoroConseiller at Impact ON

Also worked at Harvard Medical School169

Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTech Ankit GuptaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator David MollerInvestor at Third Rock Ventures Julie YangInvestor at Third Rock Ventures Tracy WilliamsInvestor at Third Rock Ventures Samuel ArbesmanVenture Partner at Lux Capital

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Also worked at Inco Limited11

Wael NafeeGeneral Partner at RAED Ventures Adrien CoteBoard of Directors; CEO of Existent at Waterloo Accelerator Centre Hilton FuksConsultor at Portogallo Family Office Cintia ManoBusiness Angel at REDangels Gueitiro Matsuo GensoInvestor at FEA Angels Leonardo CruzManaging Partner at Mergus Ventures

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