# Arjun Mahadevan

> Arjun Mahadevan is the co-founder and CEO of doola, a New York based company that turns the headache of starting a U.S. business into a few clicks. Built after his own frustrating attempt to incorporate a company across borders, doola handles LLC formation, banking, bookkeeping and taxes for founders in more than 175 countries. A Wharton and Penn dual-degree graduate and former Dropbox growth PM, Arjun walked away from a comfortable big-tech job at 24 to build a 'Business-in-a-Box' on the belief that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not. He hosts the 15-Minute Founder podcast and writes a newsletter read by a large weekly audience.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at doola
- **Organizations:** doola, Standups, Dropbox, On Deck, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Dual degree - B.S. in Statistics (Wharton), B.A. in Mathematics, minor in Economics, University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School & College of Arts and Sciences)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads doola, a Business-in-a-Box platform for U.S. company formation, Raised roughly $13M total funding for doola since 2020, Y Combinator graduate

## Career timeline

- **~2015** — Graduated University of Pennsylvania (Wharton + College of Arts and Sciences); joined Dropbox on the Data & Analytics team
- **Dropbox era** — Moved to Product Manager on Dropbox's Growth team
- **2020** — Left Dropbox and co-founded doola with JP Pincheira to help global founders launch U.S. businesses
- **2021** — Completed Y Combinator; raised $3M+ seed round
- **2022** — Raised $8M+ Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners with Y Combinator Continuity
- **2024** — Closed $1M+ strategic round including HubSpot Ventures and angels Codie Sanchez and Graham Stephan
- **2024-2025** — Scaled doola to 10,000+ customers across 175+ countries; launched 15-Minute Founder podcast and large weekly newsletter

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads doola, a Business-in-a-Box platform for U.S. company formation
- Raised roughly $13M total funding for doola since 2020
- Y Combinator graduate
- Grew doola to serve 10,000+ customers in 175+ countries
- Host of the 15-Minute Founder podcast
- Writes a newsletter reaching a large weekly readership

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Closed a strategic funding round including HubSpot Ventures and angel investors Codie Sanchez and Graham Stephan; total funding around $13M.

## Links

- Website: https://doola.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mahadevanarjun
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/doolaHQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ1Ybe8CVxs
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doolaHQ/

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Last updated: 2026-06-14