# Neil Kothari

> Neil Kothari is a co-founder and historical co-CEO of Drip Capital, a trade-finance company serving small and mid-sized businesses. A Stanford computer-science graduate and Wharton MBA, he previously worked at Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Cisco. His current public LinkedIn headline is “Working on Something New,” and he lists Palo Alto as his location.

- **Role:** Working on Something New (self-described on LinkedIn); co-founder of Drip Capital
- **Organizations:** Drip Capital, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Cisco Systems
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, Stanford University, MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Drip Capital, a Y Combinator Summer 2015 company., Co-led Drip during its move into cross-border trade finance and its 2019 Series B period., Combined a computer-science education with experience in fixed-income finance and corporate development.

## Career timeline

- **Before Drip Capital** — Worked in fixed-income trading at Goldman Sachs, fixed-income portfolio management at BlackRock, and corporate and business development at Cisco Systems.
- **2009-2011** — Attended Wharton, where he met future co-founder and roommate Pushkar Mukewar.
- **2015** — Co-founded Drip Capital with Mukewar; the company launched a US small-business lending service from Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 batch.
- **2016** — Drip established India operations as it moved towards financing small exporters.
- **2019** — Served as co-founder and co-CEO when Drip announced a $25 million Series B and reported $500 million in trade facilitated.
- **2020** — Explained Drip’s GoTrade inventory-financing product and discussed its path to $1 billion in transactions in an interview with Garry Tan.
- **2026 (accessed October)** — Public LinkedIn profile lists Palo Alto and the headline “Working on Something New.”

## Achievements

- Co-founded Drip Capital, a Y Combinator Summer 2015 company.
- Co-led Drip during its move into cross-border trade finance and its 2019 Series B period.
- Combined a computer-science education with experience in fixed-income finance and corporate development.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: Kothari’s public LinkedIn headline is “Working on Something New”; location is Palo Alto. This is an observation date, not an announcement date.
- **2026-09** — A September 10 retrospective interview with Mukewar revisited the founders’ early search for a business model and subsequent operating separation; this is Mukewar’s account.
- **2026-03** — Company context: Drip’s newsroom reported more than $9 billion in total capital deployed and over 11,000 businesses served. This is a company milestone, not a personal financial result.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilakothari

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Last updated: 2026-10-26