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Saaras Mehan

Founder

Co-founder & CTO at Jack & Jill · Founding CTO at Kular

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedJack & JillKular · YC

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14,456 people in our graph share verified history with Saaras — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Saaras Mehan played chess at the international level as a child, patented a machine learning algorithm while still a teenager, and later worked on Microsoft Research's Azure Sphere team. A computer science graduate of the University of Cambridge, he cofounded Kular through Entrepreneur First before starting Jack & Jill.

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Co-founder & CTO at Jack & Jill

Intro paths

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Jack & Jill's investors · 6

Ada VenturesLondon · $317.5K – $1.3M checksCreandumSan Francisco · $216K – $8.6M checksDig Ventures Management LimitedSt Peter PortEntrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksEpisode1London · $317.5K – $2.5M checksPlayfair CapitalLondon · $130K – $1.9M checks

Co-founders at Jack & Jill

MWMatthew Wilson
Matthew WilsonCo-founder & CEO
MWMatt Wilson
Matt WilsonCEO

Founding CTO at KularYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Saaras went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kular's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Saaras can intro founders to Kular's investors below.

Kular's investors · 3

Acequia Capital (AceCap)Seattle · $100K – $5M checksEntrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Kular

NJNelson Jones
Nelson JonesFounder

Experience

  1. Jack and JillCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. KularFounder2021 — 2025Greater London
  3. Entrepreneur FirstFounder In Residence, LD162021London, England, United Kingdom
  4. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer (Microsoft Research)2020 — 2021Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  5. Goldman SachsSoftware Engineer2019London, United Kingdom
  6. AutodeskSoftware Engineer (Autodesk Research)2018Birmingham, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Machine Learning18Deep Reinforcement Learning7ML2NumPy1TensorFlow17PyTorch10Python6SQL3Java2Swift1C++1Assembly
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Saaras Mehan?
Saaras Mehan played chess at the international level as a child, patented a machine learning algorithm while still a teenager, and later worked on Microsoft Research's Azure Sphere team. A computer science graduate of the University of Cambridge, he cofounded Kular through Entrepreneur First before starting Jack & Jill.
Where does Saaras Mehan work?
Saaras Mehan is Co-founder & CTO of Jack & Jill and Founding CTO at Kular.
What companies did Saaras Mehan found?
Saaras Mehan founded Jack & Jill, Kular.
Where did Saaras Mehan go to school?
Saaras Mehan studied at Y Combinator (W22); University of Cambridge (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Jack and Jill7

Hector MasonGeneral Partner at Episode1Chris MurphyAssociate at Blue Delta CapitalPeter SpechtGeneral Partner at CreandumBen NortonVenture Partner, Talent at Ada VenturesMatthew WilsonCo-founder & CEO at Jack & JillShreyash GuptaCTO at Hyphenbox

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Also worked at Kular2

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Also worked at Microsoft1,827

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