Harsha Kumar — CEO
Partner at Lightspeed where I invest in consumer tech, fintech and sustainability startups - On the board of PocketFM, Seekho, Globalbees, Exponent Energy, Endowus, Emversity, Teachmint, Stimuler, NAS Academy and several others - Spent all of my career building companies and working alongside founders across stages from seed to IPO - Created and led the product org, a team of 40, at Ola cabs all the way from Series A to Series E - Part of the core team at Olacabs. Helped scale the business from 3000 rides a day to a million rides a day - Drove global revenue, managed DAU and retention programme for two flagship games at Zynga. - Formulated the go to market strategy for Dell’s cloud offerings in APAC. - Setup the Game Development Lab at Persistent Systems. Planned the investment budget and formulated the growth strategy. Specialties: Investing, Business Strategy, Product Management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in consumer tech and fintech with a strong focus on product management.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 20 yrs
Skills
- Investing
- Business Strategy
- Product Management
- Project Management
Career Highlights
- Created a 40-person product organization at Ola.
- Scaled Ola from 3000 to 1 million rides daily.
- Drove revenue and retention for flagship games at Zynga.
Work Experience
Seekho
Board Member (1 yr 5 mos)
Emversity
Board Member (2 yrs 6 mos)
Exponent Energy
Board Member (3 yrs 5 mos)
GlobalBees
Board Member (4 yrs 8 mos)
Endowus
Board Member (5 yrs 2 mos)
Teachmint
Board Member (5 yrs 7 mos)
Setu
Board Observer (7 yrs 3 mos)
Pocket FM
Board Member (8 yrs 2 mos)
OkCredit
Board Observer (8 yrs 3 mos)
FreshMenu
Board Observer (9 yrs 7 mos)
Lightspeed India Partners Advisors
Partner (9 yrs 8 mos)
Olacabs.com
AVP, Product (2 yrs 2 mos)
AdNear
Lead Product Manager (9 mos)
Zynga
Product Manager (1 yr 2 mos)
Dell
Summer Intern - Strategy for SMB (Cloud Practice) (1 mo)
Persistent Systems
Product Lead - eMee (1 yr)
Project Manager (1 yr 11 mos)
Senior Engineer Software (3 yrs 3 mos)
Education
MBA at INSEAD
B.E at Cummins College of Engineering, Pune
HSC at Nowrosjee Wadia College of Arts and Science, Pune