Advait Ruia

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States10 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Cofounded a successful developer tool startup.
Raised $1.6 million on Kickstarter for a smartwatch.
Led a team of 40 engineers in a competitive vehicle design project.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with strong leadership and engineering skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-upsLeadershipCrowdfundingVenture CapitalResearchMarketingMechanical Engineering

Other Skills

API logic controlCADFluid MechanicsMatlabMicrosoft OfficeSolidworksTeamworkapp launchcrowdfunding strategiesdigital marketingdue diligenceinvestment evaluationmarket researchopen source user authenticationpersonalized recommendations

About

Please dont DM or add me selling your service About me - Cofounder of developer tool startup (open source authentication and authorization) - Venture Capital experience at $450M consumer tech focussed fund - Raised $1.6 million (USD) during a crowdfunding campaign for BLOCKS smartwatch on Kickstarter - BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London - Team Principle of Formula Student Vehicle (Team of 40 engineers)

Experience

Supertokens

Founder & CEO

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

SuperTokens provides open source user authentication.
Traditional auth providers redirect your users to their website for signing up and signing in. With SuperTokens, users sign up natively on your website and you have complete control over the API logic.
We solve the build vs buy tradeoffs

open source user authenticationAPI logic controlStart-upsLeadership

Qually

Co-Founder

Dec 2016 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos · India

Qually is an efficient way to get trusted and personalized answers from your 1st and 2nd degree network. Users can ask for recommendations (travel, purchases), career advice, local services and more!
Officially launched on the App and Play Store.
Learn more at: www.qually.com

trusted answerspersonalized recommendationsapp launchStart-upsCrowdfunding

Lightbox ventures

Analyst

Apr 2016 – Jul 2016 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Was part of the entire evaluation process for funding of a portfolio company (Prepared due diligence documentation / part of Investment Committee meetings)
In depth research into various sectors which I presented to the whole team. Notable spaces evaluated include Intracity logistics, Fantasy sports and SME financing.
Evaluated all incoming deals as part of the deal flow team
Aided in operations of existing portfolio companies such as digital marketing and CRM / sales software integration

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Blocks

Head of Marketing & Crowdfunding

Oct 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

I was responsible for raising US $1,600,000+ on Kickstarter. Of the ~400,000 projects that have launched on Kickstarter, only 0.07% have ever raised more than $1,000,000.
I developed and executed the crowdfunding campaign strategies to make this possible. This made Blocks the 3rd most funded crowdfunded technology project in Europe and amongst the top 15 in world.
Team of 4 people, each with 6-10 years of prior experience in digital marketing and growth hacking, reported directly to me.
We were covered by 150+ publications - including TechCrunch, Wired and our interview was aired on BBC TV.

crowdfunding strategiesdigital marketingteam managementCrowdfundingMarketing

Imperial racing green

Team Principal

Oct 2014 – Apr 2015 · 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

Managed 40 engineers across the Mechanical and Aero departments.
Design and manufacture of a 4 wheel, single seater, open cockpit electric vehicle to take part in the global IMechE Formula Student competition as representatives of Imperial College London.
Divided the vehicle into 5 critical sub systems, each with its own team of 4-5 Mechanical engineers. I was part of the active suspension subsystem.
All 5 teams reported to me as Team Principal of the entire vehicle. Duties included:
liaising with individual teams, faculty supervisors and the aeronautical team.
Raising sponsorship for the project
Administrative duties such as organising team meetings and ensuring rules compliance.

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