Razorpay CEO Harshil Mathur calls out Indian entrepreneur for posting fake Y Combinator story
Razorpay co-founder and CEO Harshil Mathur has called out a fellow entrepreneur for posting a fake story for engagement. Mathur’s rebuke came after Omentir founder Vansh Yadav claimed that a Y Combinator partner told him to pay $250,000 for acceptance into the next batch of the startup accelerator programme. Harshil Mathur, CEO & Co-founder, Razorpay. What Omentir founder claimed On Saturday, July 11, Vansh Yadav took to the social media platform X to claim that he had been guaranteed acceptance to the prestigious startup accelerator programme Y Combinator — for a fee of $250,000. “A Y Combinator partner (very active on X) asked me for $250k with a guarantee acceptance to their next batch,” Vansh posted on X. “He said you’ll raise few millions after batch anyways so 250k will be nothing. What happened to YC,” added the founder of Omentir, an AI sales agent. Razorpay CEO refutes incident Harshil Mathur, 35, refused to buy Vansh Yadav’s claims and emphasised that Y Combinator does not work that way. Razorpay, incidentally, was part of the Y …
