Vidya Madhavan

Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of a leading GenZ dating app.
Successful angel investor with high returns.
Experienced in growth hacking and product innovation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C entrepreneur with expertise in growth hacking and product innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Growth HackingProduct InnovationInvestment StrategyVenture CapitalProduct Development

Other Skills

AIUser EngagementInvestment AnalysisMarket ResearchMarketingProduct LaunchTeam ManagementProduct ManagementStrategyBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurial FinanceSocial Media

About

Well, my "About me" is still being written and you'll all know when it is ready. Till then, I will work hard to ensure that it is me and not Einstein who gets the credit for my OG quote - " Failure gives up if you fail to give up". Until then Einstein and Bill Gates can enjoy the credits. Always excited to problem solve and learn what folks are building and help them - hit me up!

Experience

Schmooze

Founder and CEO

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

The fastest-growing GenZ dating app. Only dating app in the world to use AI to truly help users from profile creation to matching and conversational outcomes; also, when our users are not talking to their matches and are bored, our AI companions keep them entertained and give them company
Featured on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert, LA Times, TechCrunch etc as a product that speaks to GenZs

Growth HackingProduct InnovationAI

The 21 fund

Investor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Investing in Stanford startups

Investment Strategy

Multiple startups

Angel Investor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Extending my passion of investing in public markets to one of the riskiest asset classes and have fun and learn in the process -
1. Alt Carbon ( 15x realised returns; Still retain 20% of my stake )
2. Pync ( follow-on by Accel, General Catalyst )
3. Seekho ( follow-on Lightspeed, Bessemer )
4. Budy AI ( founded by ex-Grey Orange Founder )
5. Ludio ( founded by Stanford and Palantir alum )

Investment Strategy

Gradcapital

Venture Partner

Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 · 3 yrs

The next set of success stories are being written. We hope to play a role in them.
If you are a student, starting your own company and think we can be helpful, please drop a note here - vidya@gradcapital.in.

Venture Capital

Various startups

Founder

Jun 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Explored everything from "AI-based image processing" to Memes and Social media.
4 Products and 1 answer -> Pivot

Product Development

1mg

2 roles

Project Head, 1mglabs

Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 · 0 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Firefighter !
+ Launched and scaled 1mg's 1st private label product to a $1M business line; Set-up physical diagnostic centers, negotiated partnerships and managed marketing and pricing initiatives for rapid growth
+ Responsible for 1mglab's financials
+ Led a 20 member team for procurement, partnerships, operations and diagnostic processing in 1mglabs

Product LaunchTeam ManagementProduct Development

Head - Growth and New Initiatives,1mgLabs

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Growth hacking across online and offline channels

Growth HackingMarketing

Mckinsey & company

Business Analyst

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs

Served clients across Hi-Tech, Banking, Automotive and Government in Sales and Marketing, Strategy and Operations

Hsbc

Semester Intern

Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 · 5 mos

+ Worked with the Vice-President of R&D to develop UCM (Unobservable Component Model) Forecasting Models for US Credit card portfolio using various Macroeconomic parameters and System Variables.
+ Co-Authored a white paper on the same.