Ritesh Patel
FounderFounder/CEO at The Ticket Fairy
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedThe Ticket Fairy · YC
About
Ritesh Patel is an engineer and event producer who serves as CEO of The Ticket Fairy.
Ritesh Patel @ritlocus
Accidentally built a competitor to Gamma while making our new materials for Ticket Fairy! DM if you want to see the output. It's wild!
Feb 9, 2026 · ♥ 4
Ritesh Patel @ritlocus
If you're in the Bay Area for the Super Bowl, Ticket Fairy is powering Gold Bar Distillery's 50 Cent show tonight. Come hang! https://t.co/HgFURNOYTs
Feb 7, 2026 · ♥ 3
Ritesh Patel @ritlocus
Thank you to @musicben_eth for including @TicketFairy in his music tech companies of 2026 article ✨ https://t.co/qsnBTIOIob
Jan 28, 2026 · ♥ 2
Founder/CEO at The Ticket FairyYC S15
Intro paths
Ritesh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Ritesh can intro founders to The Ticket Fairy's investors below.
The Ticket Fairy's investors · 2
Co-founders at The Ticket Fairy
Experience
- The Ticket FairyCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LOCUS Drum 'n' BassFoundercurrent2000 — present
- purplelight MediaDirectorcurrent2005 — present
- Excite Digital MediaCloud Administrator / Developer2010 — 2013
- Geekdom / Future HouseLinux Systems Administrator / PHP Developer2008 — 2010
- Carlson Marketing GroupServer Side Developer2007 — 2008
- BBC TechnologyService Desk Analyst2002 — 2006
Education
- Y Combinator2015
- University of BristolMEng, Computer Science1998 — 2002
- Forest School1991 — 1998
Skills & more
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High AvailabilityConfiguration ManagementZend FrameworkGoEarly-stage StartupsStartup DevelopmentScalable Web ApplicationsSocial MediaPHPLinuxMongoDBMySQLLanguages English · French · Gujarati · Hindi · Russian
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) — Red Hat, Inc.
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