About
Vikas Choudhary is co-founder and CTO of Theya, a self-custodial bitcoin service. He previously served as co-founder and CTO at Porter, a trucking marketplace.
Founder at TheyaYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Vikas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Theya's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Vikas can intro founders to Theya's investors below.
Theya's investors · 2
Co-founders at Theya
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Smeet BhattFounder
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Sriram Bhargav KarnatiCo-founder
Experience
- MytoCo-founder and CEOcurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- Theya (YC W23)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PorterCo-Founder and Board Observercurrent2021 — present
- PorterCTO and Co-Founder2014 — 2021Bengaluru Area, India
- Juniper NetworksASIC Engineer2012 — 2014Bengaluru Area, India
Skills & more
LinkedIn Sales NavigatorMatlab7C12C++6VHDL2VerilogEmbedded Systems2Programming8Algorithms2HTMLMicrosoft Office4Microsoft Excel
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PowerPointMicrosoft WordPspiceJavaLabviewElectrical EngineeringLinuxLanguages English · Hindi · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vikas Choudhary?
- Vikas Choudhary is co-founder and CTO of Theya, a self-custodial bitcoin service. He previously served as co-founder and CTO at Porter, a trucking marketplace.
- Where does Vikas Choudhary work?
- Vikas Choudhary is Founder of Theya.
- What companies did Vikas Choudhary found?
- Vikas Choudhary founded Theya.
- Where did Vikas Choudhary go to school?
- Vikas Choudhary studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MS - Management); Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical).
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