3x founder
Hootan Mahallati
Entrepreneur // Former YC Founder & CEO // Product @ Depop, Nextdoor, Rocket Internet
Experience
Career
2024Product Pioneer Partners
Co-founderPartner · Global · 2024 – Present
2020Hyperseed
Co-founderCEO & Co-founder · San Francisco, California, United States · 2020 – 2023
2018Depop
Interim Chief Product Officer (consultant) · London Area, United Kingdom · 2018 – 2019
- 2017
Brickblock.io
Interim Chief Operating Officer (consultant) · Berlin Metropolitan Area · 2017
2015Rocket Internet SE
Global Chief Product Officer · Berlin Metropolitan Area · 2015 – 2017
2012Nextdoor.com
Director of Product · San Francisco, CA · 2012 – 2015
2011Bump Technologies
VP Product · Mountain View, CA · 2011 – 2012
2010TripIt
Product Manager, Mobile · San Francisco, CA · 2010 – 2011
- 2007
rightpedal
FounderFounder & CEO · San Francisco, CA · 2007 – 2009
2006Yahoo! Inc.
MBA Global Marketing Intern · Sunnyvale, CA · 2006
2004Ricardo Strategic Consulting
Associate · Global · 2004 – 2005
2000Ricardo, Inc.
Business Development Manager, Mechanical Simulation Products · Global · 2000 – 2004
1998Ricardo, Inc.
Project Engineer, Thermo-Fluids · Global · 1998 – 2000
Bio
· Entrepreneurial product executive with over 20 years of experience · Responsible for/involved with product launches at over 20 companies across the world · Advisor to over 50 companies in multiple B2B & B2C verticals Recent Roles · CEO & Founder, Hyperseed (Y Combinator B2B fintech company) · Global CPO, Rocket Internet ($30B in startup exits) · Interim CPO, Depop ($1.6B exit) · Director Product, Nextdoor (IPO) · VP Product, Bump (acquisition) · Product Manager, TripIt (acquisition)