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Known for these resultsRole43%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 43% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio86%Bio coverage: 86% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company14%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 14% of these rows have at least one match.School43%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 43% of these rows have at least one match.
- Chrisvin JabamaniFounder/CEO · TepaliW26B2B · New York
- Vishnu PathmanabanFounder/CEO · TepaliW26B2B · New York
- Diego EscobedoFounder · LotusS22B2B · New York
- Mikael Nida@mikaelnidaFounder · LotusS22B2B · New York
- Anand Krishna@getak100Founder · LotusPayS17Fintech · Bengaluru
- Atma KrishnaFounder/CEO · LotusPayS17Fintech · Bengaluru
- Dinesh Gadge@dineshgadgeFounder · LotusPayS17Fintech · Bengaluru
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Chrisvin JabamaniTepaliFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States2—Vishnu PathmanabanTepaliFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States2—Diego EscobedoLotusFounderSummer 2022B2BNew York, United States2—Mikael NidaLotusFounderSummer 2022B2BNew York, United States2https://x.com/mikaelnidaAnand KrishnaLotusPayFounderSummer 2017FintechBengaluru, India5https://x.com/getak100Atma KrishnaLotusPayFounder/CEOSummer 2017FintechBengaluru, India5—Dinesh GadgeLotusPayFounderSummer 2017FintechBengaluru, India5https://x.com/dineshgadge
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Mikael Nida
Founder·Lotus
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchSummer 2022
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Mikael graduated from MIT with two degrees in Computer Science and Physics, and has worked at a range of companies from D.E. Shaw to Lyft.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
LotusOpen-Core Pricing and Billing Engine
Co-foundersDiego Escobedo
