Rahul Hampole

Rahul Hampole is an experienced technology executive and angel investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here are some key details about his background and current roles:

Professional Experience

• Head of Payments at Plaid (December 2023 - Present)1
• Previously held roles at Plaid including Head of Risk Products and leading the Customer Growth team1
• Vice President of Product at Yelp (December 2020 - December 2021)1
• Held other product leadership roles at Yelp from 2013-2020, including Director of Product Management1
• Prior experience at Yahoo!, Geodelic Systems, and Citysearch IAC in product and business development roles1

Angel Investing

• Angel Investor (March 2020 - Present)1
• Exploring seed investments in early stage companies
• Selected investments include:
  • SalaryBox (Seed round, 2022)
  • Shef.com (Seed round, 2020)
  • HeyKangaroo (Series A, 2020)

Education

• MBA in Corporate Strategy from UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Master's degree in Computer Science from University of Southern California
• BE in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University

Areas of Expertise

Rahul has broad expertise in areas including online advertising, e-commerce, media streaming, search engine optimization, product strategy, and payments.1 His LinkedIn profile username is rahulhampole.