Mertado

y-combinatorWinter 2010🇺🇸 San Francisco1 person

mertado.com

Acquired

Mehul Shah, Rajiv Bhat +1 · 3 co-founders

2026Acquired

Acquired

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current

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Acquired

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About

Mertado Mertado is an online social shopping platform that allows consumers to discover and buy products from communities they frequently visit.

3 founders

Mehul Shah

Founder/CTO

I build and lead AI-powered, real-time products at internet scale. Driving measurable lift while reducing unit costs. Currently: CTO @ Blueshift. Previously: Mertado, Groupon Goods, Kosmix, NetApp. YC alum (W2010), USC/PICT (Pune). Co-inventor of 12+ patents.

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Rajiv Bhat

Founder

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Vijay Chittoor

Founder/CEO

2X exited Founder/CEO: Blueshift (acquired by Vista-Equity backed Blueconic) & Mertado (acquired by Groupon). Early team building semantic search at Kosmix (acquired by Walmart). IIT-Bombay and HBS alum.

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