Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs · India/Global

• I help source, manage, and evaluate potential investments for SAE India. If you are a founder or would like to recommend another startup, please reach out at harnidh@stanfordangels.co.in!

Jan 2023 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Founding team.
• Virtualness is a mobile platform designed to help you build a closer relationship with your followers and superfans. It also allows you to earn meaningful income through digital goods.
• Want early access? Write to me at harnidh@virtualness.io.

May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Global

• I’ve headed a cool fund, been a PMM, a GTM strategist, a writer, a Schwarzman Scholar, and at one point, accidentally became That Girl On LinkedIn. Oops.
• This newsletter is where all my brain-mess gets turned into clarity.
• It’s for people who are building, leading, questioning, scaling, quitting, or just thinking very hard about the next right step.
• I write about:
• 🤠 Building in the age of AI (without just wrapping ChatGPT and calling it a startup)
• 🤠 Venture capital, but with feelings
• 🤠 Hiring, managing, and being managed
• 🤠 What it means to build something meaningful, sustainable, and sharp
• 🤠 Big career pivots and small emotional meltdowns
• 🤠 Building personal moats
• 🤠 Feminist reflections on ambition, burnout, beauty, and power
• This newsletter is a mix of essays, frameworks, rants, hiring lists, and observations I wish someone had told me at 21. Or 25. Or yesterday.
• ✨ Who Should Subscribe?
• Founders, funders, and first-time managers
• Corporate escape artists figuring out what’s next
• People who love strategy and structure but also vibes
• Women trying to lead without losing themselves
• People who are tired of the hustle culture aesthetic but still want to win
• Anyone who wants honest takes about building in India, without the gyaan
• 🧠 What You’ll Get
• 5-7 high-quality posts per month
• No spam, no fluff, no “5 hacks to crush it” nonsense
• Real stories, practical tools, and useful questions
• Essays you’ll want to copy-paste to your smartest group chat
• 🎉 Why Subscribe?
• Because you’re tired of thought leadership with no thoughts. Because you want sharp insights and soft landings. Because I write like we’re already friends, just smarter together.
• You can always unsubscribe. But I hope you’ll stay.

Mar 2022 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs

• Credit Saison is a Tokyo-listed 30b AUM consumer finance company, and one of the largest credit card issuers in Japan.
• Our direct investments include Grab (Ride-hailing, largest startup in SEA), where we helped to build its Finance business unit, Shopback (Softbank/Temasek-backed), and other industry leaders. Our LP investments include some of the top-performing funds in SEA (East Ventures, Beenext), and global funds like Quona Capital and Better Tomorrow Ventures.
• Building something cool? Please talk to me!

May 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

Nov 2020 – May 2021 · 6 mos

Mar 2019 – Jun 2019 · 3 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Pre-Schwarzman internship.

Feb 2018 – Jan 2019 · 11 mos

• Weekly commentary on pop culture, political analysis, and gendered perspectives on national and international news.

Nov 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• As India's leading strategic philanthropy foundation, Dasra employs a venture philanthropy fund model to act as a catalyst for social change. Over nearly two decades, Dasra has engaged more than 6000 funders, 700 + social organisations and channelized more than $50 million into the social sector to impact over 17 million Indian lives.

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• I worked as a Summer Intern with the Department of Economic Analysis and Research at the NABARD Head Office, Mumbai. Under the supervision and guidance of NABARD officials, I conducted primary research in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, on the stakeholder patterns of BPL households availing benefits of the Indira Awas Yojana. The report I submitted revolved around gendered stakeholder patterns and how to make housing policies more inclusive for women.

Jun 2014 – Jul 2014 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

• Assisting in developing and curating timely and relevant programmes that are strategically aligned with Asia Society’s broader institutional goals
• Identifying potential speakers and thought leaders from the Asia-Pacific region
• Managing logistical arrangements on-site at programmes, developing budget iterations and archiving past programmes
• Assisting in communicating and networking with institutions, professionals and interfacing with prospective partners
• Maintaining Asia Society’s web presence, including institutional calendar, social media (Facebook & Twitter), pre and post event summaries and video highlights
• Assisting in identifying funding opportunities and drafting series proposals