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Samay Jain

Founder

Founder at Better Opinions

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

FoundedBetter Opinions · YC

About

Samay Jain holds a degree from IIT Kharagpur and served as a Product Lead at Gojek for over two years, with additional experience as an active trader in financial markets. He founded Better Opinions to expand access to trading.

Founder at Better OpinionsYC W22

Intro paths

YC

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

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In turn, Samay can intro founders to Better Opinions's investors below.

Better Opinions's investors · 4

Dholakia VenturesSurat · $100K – $1M checksMetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Better Opinions

SDSoumyajit Das
Soumyajit DasFounder

Experience

  1. SpottoCo-Founder & Head of Product : Crick AI & Spottocurrent2025 — presentBengaluru
  2. SpottoCo-Founder - Spotgames2023 — 2025Bengaluru
  3. SpottoCo-Founder - Better Opinions2022 — 2023Bengaluru
  4. GojekSenior Product Manager2021Bangalore India | Jakarata Indonesia
  5. GojekProduct Manager-II2020 — 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | Jakarta , Indonesia
  6. GojekProduct Manager-I2019 — 2020Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | Jakarta , Indonesia
  7. AbbottData Science Manager2017 — 2019Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  8. Essex Lake GroupBusiness Analyst2016 — 2017Gurgaon, India
  9. Teach For IndiaAssociate Intern2016New Delhi Area, India
  10. LANXESSManagement Trainee2015Mumbai Area, India
  11. Technology Students' Gymkhana IIT KharagpurGeneral Secretary Social & Cultural2014 — 2015IIT Kharagpur
  12. HPCL-Mittal Energy LtdVocational Trainee2014Bhatinda Punjab
  13. HTDS - PravahMember2012 — 2014Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Skills & more

Business Analysis6Machine Learning4Data Science3ProgrammingStatisticsMicrosoft Office17Microsoft Excel11C11Microsoft Word9PowerPoint9SolidWorks6C++1
+8 moreJavaMatlabPhotoshopRPythonSQLPublic SpeakingTeamwork

Languages English · Hindi

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Samay Jain?
Samay Jain holds a degree from IIT Kharagpur and served as a Product Lead at Gojek for over two years, with additional experience as an active trader in financial markets. He founded Better Opinions to expand access to trading.
Where does Samay Jain work?
Samay Jain is Founder of Better Opinions.
What companies did Samay Jain found?
Samay Jain founded Better Opinions.
Where did Samay Jain go to school?
Samay Jain studied at Y Combinator (Accelarator Program); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Bachelor of Technology - BTech); St. Anselm's, Ajmer.

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