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About
Smiti Bhatt Deorah is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Advantage Club (YC S21), where she oversees areas including business development, marketing, hiring, content, and customer relations. She previously worked as a software developer at Microsoft in Redmond, where she wrote code and worked with SQL Azure customers. She is a TEDx speaker and a member of the Forbes Human Resources Council 2026.
Co-Founder & COO at Advantage ClubYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Smiti went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Smiti can intro founders to Advantage Club's investors below.
Advantage Club's investors · 12
AFG PartnersAlteria CapitalMumbai · $100K – $15M checksAxilor VenturesBengaluru · since 2024Broom VenturesSan Francisco · since 2021Cathexis VenturesHouston · $250K – $1M checksEarlsfield Capitalsince 2021Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksFlucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksKube VCSupermorpheusPuducherry · $441K – $4M checksVentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $250K – $50M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Advantage Club
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Sourabh DeorahCo-Founder & CEO
Experience
- Advantage ClubCo-founder and COOcurrent2014 — presentGurugram, Haryana, India
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2012 — 2014Remond, Washington
- Zynx Healthtechnology intern2011Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Relianceproject intern2009 — 2010Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Skills & more
SQL50JavaScript48C++39Java20C14Visual Studio9HTML7MySQL7.NET3C#2XML3Linux5
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WindowsAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentWeb ServicesSoftware EngineeringCorporate Sales ManagementSales OperationsEntrepreneurshipHuman ResourcesCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Team ManagementFrom Smiti's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Smiti Bhatt Deorah?
- Smiti Bhatt Deorah is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Advantage Club (YC S21), where she oversees areas including business development, marketing, hiring, content, and customer relations. She previously worked as a software developer at Microsoft in Redmond, where she wrote code and worked with SQL Azure customers. She is a TEDx speaker and a member of the Forbes Human Resources Council 2026.
- Where does Smiti Bhatt Deorah work?
- Smiti Bhatt Deorah is Co-Founder & COO of Advantage Club.
- What companies did Smiti Bhatt Deorah found?
- Smiti Bhatt Deorah founded Advantage Club.
- Where did Smiti Bhatt Deorah go to school?
- Smiti Bhatt Deorah studied at Y Combinator; UCLA (Master's degree, Computer Science); University of Mumbai (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,218
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianAmbassador to the EastFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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UCLA mafia352
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ben HorowitzFounded OpswareVlad TenevMaster’s DegreeFounded Harmonic +1Ryan KingBSFounded ChimeKent WakefordFounded Breaking +4William GuttmanBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded CurvePoint +3Ryan RoweBSFounded Archive Resale +2
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University of Mumbai mafia93
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Al LalaniBachelor's degreeFounded Omnibound +1Manish ChachadaBachelors of Commerce and Accounting (B.Com)Founded Cyble +1Monik PamechaBachelor's DegreeFounded Toma +1Sunil ThomasBachelor of EngineeringFounded CleverTap +1Ashish AggarwalBEFounded JubileeTV +1Manisha RaisinghaniBachelor of Engineering - BEFounded LogiNext +1
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Also attended UCLA820
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesVlad TenevCo-founder & CEO of RobinhoodRyan KingCo-founder of ChimePaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity Ventures
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Also attended University of Mumbai221
Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Mitesh SinghInvestor at Initialized CapitalUllas NaikFounder and General Partner at Streamlined VenturesAnshul SadanaCEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURESRishika MadanAssociate, India at Jungle VenturesBhavana WaigankarCOO at Lightbox
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Shared employers
Also worked at Advantage Club2
Also worked at Microsoft1,827
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Zynx Health3
Also worked at Reliance23
Dr. Prakash PatelOperating Partner at W Health Ventures Gp LlcSurbhi GargVice President, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsIshan MeswaniInvestor at 8090 IndustriesHarsh MehtaAssociate at BLinC InvestRajeev GuptaIndependent Director at Pidilite Industries LimitedSahil MakkarPartner at India Quotient
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