About Us

The Founders Behind Roo

We are building Roo to make maternal care more empathetic, accessible, and clinically grounded.

Aastha Gupta

Aastha Gupta

CEO

Education

  • Mesa School of Business, 2025
  • PGP Startup Leadership

Experience

  • Wave: Founder, built AI companions for mental health and ran a therapy matchmaking services business.
  • MavenArk Advisors: Debt investment banking. Employee #2, led deals over 100cr.
Soumil Shekdar

Soumil Shekdar

CTO

Education

  • UC Davis, 2022
  • Computer Science & Engineering

Experience

  • Forward: Built Autonomous Health Kiosks (CarePods).
  • Even: Built and implemented EMR/HIS and operationalized the hospital.