About
Sandeep Dinesh previously held engineering and developer advocacy roles at Stripe, Google Cloud, and Furmacy (a YC W21 company), where he served as lead and senior software engineer. He is now building Mercoa.
Founder at MercoaYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Sandeep went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Sandeep can intro founders to Mercoa's investors below.
Mercoa's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Mercoa
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Sai AroraFounder
Experience
- FernStaff Software Engineercurrent2025 β present
- MercoaCo-Founder2022 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- StripeSenior Software Engineer2022
- FurmacyLead Software Engineer2021 β 2022
- SimplemntCo-Founder2020 β 2021
- GoogleSenior Developer Advocate2019 β 2020San Francisco, CA
- GoogleDeveloper Advocate2015 β 2019San Francisco, CA
- rooTCo-Founder2014 β 2015
- Cisco SystemsIT Analyst2012 β 2014San Jose, California
- EZSchoolNew Business Model Architect2012 β 2014
- EZSchoolProduct/Brand/Development2008 β 2012
- MicrosoftStudent Partner2011 β 2012Richmond, Virginia Area
- University of Richmond Academic Skills CenterTutor Supervisor2010 β 2012
- Hooked MediaProduct Management Intern2010
- Noise Free WirelessProduct Marketing Intern2009
- Legend Silicon CorpMarket Research Intern2008
Skills & more
HTML14JavaScript3Microsoft Excel6Java7Arduino1Linux2Databases1HTML 51JSON1jQuery1PHP1C1
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SQLPythonNginxMySQLHTML5Product MarketingMobile ApplicationsProduct AnalysisProduct DevelopmentSocial MediaMarket ResearchFlash DesignLanguages Spanish Β· Tamil Β· Telugu
- Google Analytics Platform Principles β Google
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sandeep Dinesh?
- Sandeep Dinesh previously held engineering and developer advocacy roles at Stripe, Google Cloud, and Furmacy (a YC W21 company), where he served as lead and senior software engineer. He is now building Mercoa.
- Where does Sandeep Dinesh work?
- Sandeep Dinesh is Founder of Mercoa.
- What companies did Sandeep Dinesh found?
- Sandeep Dinesh founded Mercoa.
- Where did Sandeep Dinesh go to school?
- Sandeep Dinesh studied at Y Combinator (W23); University of Richmond (Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science and Business Administration (Dual Major)); Ohlone College (Associates of Arts, Business).
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