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Rishi Talati

Founder

Founder at Hotplate

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedHotplate · YC

About

Rishi Talati is founder of Hotplate, a pre-order platform for food entrepreneurs including bakers and chefs to manage orders, inventory, and customer communication.

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Founder at HotplateYC S20

Intro paths

YC

Rishi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Rishi can intro founders to Hotplate's investors below.

Hotplate's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Hotplate

BKBen Klenk
Ben KlenkFounder

Experience

  1. HotplateCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. MassChallengeMember2019Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  3. Favor DeliveryMarket Expansion Intern2018Austin, Texas

Education

  1. Y CombinatorMaking Something People Want
  2. The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Arts - BA, Economics2017 — 2020
  3. LaunchX Entrepreneurship ProgramAlumnus, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2014
  4. Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Skills & more

Customer Service8Social Media23Entrepreneurship31Social Media Marketing8Marketing7Marketing Strategy6Start-ups12Business Development5Research8Business Strategy7Market Research6Microsoft Excel9
+8 moreMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPowerPointLeadershipStrategic PlanningManagementPublic SpeakingStrategy

Languages English · Gujarati

  • Eagle Scout — Scouting America

From Rishi's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended The University of Texas at Austin278

Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures

+ 272 more

Also attended LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program6

Armita HosseiniVenture Fellow at Leonis CapitalMarwan RefaatGeneral Partner at FractalJasmine WangAnalyst at FusionThomas StahuraAnalyst at Ascend Venture CapitalArlan RakhmetzhanovFounder at NozomioAli TabbaFounder at Gravy

Also attended Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science5

Joshua PosamentierManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Congruent VenturesPriya PurewalSenior Associate at Smash CapitalJoanne ShangInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Justin WeiFounder at PhindArihan VaranasiFounder at Wato

Shared employers

Also worked at Hotplate1

Ben KlenkFounder at Hotplate

Also worked at MassChallenge64

Dave BiscegliaVenture Partner at Founder CollectiveRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way VenturesSarah RomankoAssociate at Geek VenturesAndreaIR at NAPJohn HarthorneFounder & Managing Director at Two Lanterns Venture PartnersChris ThoenChairman of the Scientific Advisory Board & IC Member (PeakBridge Growth II) at PeakBridge VC

+ 58 more

Also worked at Favor Delivery3

Brian SmithManaging Director at S3 VenturesCharlie PlaucheManaging Director at S3 VenturesPeter SiskSenior Associate, Communications & Portfolio Reporting at Partnership Fund for NYC