- Ajay Mehta
Currently building Tolan.
Prior: I founded Birthdate Co. We've sold over one million personalized candles and books since launching in 2019. Our products have been featured in: New York Times, Cosmopolitan, The Drew Barrymore Show, Today Show and more.
I co-founded Therapy Notebooks which was named one of Cosmopolitan's favorite products and is available at stores across America.
I co-founded Chalo Vote, a non-profit launched in 2020 to promote voter registration and turnout among South Asian Americans.
Other stuff:
- I advise and invest in startups, including: Sanzo, The Juggernaut, Magic Mind, Lithos Carbon, Highbeam, Soft Services, Immi Ramen, Intro, and more
- I produced a comedy short Pennies from Heaven which won the SXSW Shorts award
- Once tried some journalism: for New York about India's religious e-commerce industry and for The Caravan on Indian users of Quora
- I'm an alum of Wealthsimple and before that I co-founded a startup called FamilyLeaf with seed investment from Y Combinator. We were featured in the New York Times and elsewhere.
- You can learn a bit more about me in a (dated) profile in the Seattle Times or my interview with Kareem Rahma's "You People" podcast. I had the best/luckiest first job ever.