Zarna — Startup Profile

AI Associates for Private Capital

HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2025 | Employees: 6 | Stage: Pre-Seed | Website: https://www.zarnaai.com

About

Zarna builds AI associates for private capital markets. Agentic operating layer automating deal work for PE firms and M&A advisory. Founders spent months embedded at AEA Investors building AI agents. Four UC Berkeley best friends (CS, EE, Economics). YC F25. $625K from YC. 6 employees. SF.

The Take

4 cofounder team (UC Berkeley) embedded at AEA Investors before building. Live with multi-billion AUM PE firms. Very early but strong founding story. YC F25.

Key People

• Rishabh Dhariwal
• Hrishi Joshi
• Rakesh Mehta
• Vivan Agrawal

Key Competitors

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Timeline Highlights

• 2025-11: YC F25 batch; raised $625K
• 2025: Zarna founded

Recent News

• (2025)

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