Rahul Vohra
Born 1983 · Age 43
Technology entrepreneur — founder & CEO of Superhuman; earlier founded Rapportive and Mojo; Cambridge-educated investor in multiple startups. Known for building fast email products and for raising significant VC capital for Superhuman.
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Life & Career Timeline
Estimated birth (hometown: Birmingham, UK)
Approximate birth year based on Cambridge graduation year; hometown listed as Birmingham (source: golden.com).
BSc in Computer Science, University of Cambridge
Received Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Cambridge; served as president of Cambridge University Entrepreneurs around this time.
President, Cambridge University Entrepreneurs
Held leadership role in the university entrepreneurship community while at Cambridge.
Co-founded Mojo (Cambridge)
Co-founded Mojo while in Cambridge — early startup project; technology later sold to Cancer Research UK (sale year not precisely specified in sources).
Mojo technology sold to Cancer Research UK
Technology from Mojo was sold to Cancer Research United Kingdom (source mentions a sale but provides no price or date beyond 2007 association).
Moved to San Francisco and founded Rapportive
Founded Rapportive, a product that surfaces profile information about email contacts; based in San Francisco.
Rapportive product launch / growth
Rapportive product provided contextual information about people emailing you (product milestone / public adoption grew during this period).
Assumed role: CEO of Superhuman
Took on the CEO role at Superhuman after founding; led product design and go-to-market.
Founded Superhuman
Launched Superhuman, an email app focused on speed and productivity (keyboard shortcuts, fast workflows). Often cited as founded in October 2014.
Rapportive acquired by LinkedIn (reported)
Rapportive was sold to LinkedIn; golden.com reports a reported sale price of £15 million (source summaries differ on exact year/amount; many public sources mention acquisition to LinkedIn).
Angel / seed investments in multiple startups (grouped)
Acted as an angel investor / seed investor in startups including Mem (notes), Simplified, Scribe (meeting transcription), Mercury, Clubhouse, EasyPost, Partender, Sendwithus (sources list these investments without precise dates).
Superhuman reported ~70k waitlist
Public mentions (including video coverage) described a ~70,000-person waitlist for Superhuman signups during growth phase.
Public subscription pricing established
Superhuman used a subscription-based monetization model: standard $30/month, student discount $10/month; company claims users may save up to three hours/week.
Publicized company claim: 'users may save up to three hours/week'
Superhuman marketing/communication claimed regular use could save users up to three hours per week.
High-profile product press & evangelism
Superhuman received extensive press coverage and community evangelism; the product's waitlist and premium model were widely discussed in tech media.
YouTube: 'Rahul Vohra's Superhuman: fastest email ever' video published
Video (E867) highlighting Superhuman, mentions fast email and a large waitlist; public evangelism & coverage of the product.
Published 'How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit'
Authored a detailed First Round Review post on building product/market fit for Superhuman.
Ongoing product growth and evangelism
Continued product development and public evangelism; Superhuman marketed as 'fastest email' and focused on premium user base.
Published public product/PMF lessons and talks
Rahul published and presented processes and lessons on achieving product/market fit for Superhuman (e.g., blog posts, interviews, and conference talks after 2018 First Round piece).
Talk: 'How to raise funds in an uncertain economy' (Oct 2020)
Delivered a talk covering startup fundraising and VC topics (source: thenetwork.com profile listing an Oct 2020 talk).
Superhuman cumulative VC funding passes major milestones
Company reported raising large venture capital sums; source summary: Superhuman has raised over $100M from VCs including Andreessen Horowitz (aggregate figure reported in public summaries).
Launched Microsoft Outlook integration
Superhuman expanded beyond Gmail and launched integration with Microsoft Outlook in May 2022.
Announced AI-powered drafts for instant replies
Superhuman launched AI-powered drafts feature (Feb 2024) to generate instant replies and speed email composition.
Announcement: Grammarly to acquire Superhuman
In July 2025 it was announced that Grammarly would acquire Superhuman; purchase amount undisclosed in source material.
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