Shubham Shah

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

Built a community platform for cultural engagement.
Led product management in a startup environment.
Transitioned from analytics to entrepreneurship.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product manager with a strong focus on community and sustainability.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-up LeadershipProduct ManagementData Science

Other Skills

Business OwnershipPartnershipsHuman Resources (HR)PythonMachine LearningPower BIExcelPython (Programming Language)Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Power BIProgrammingAnalytical SkillsVisual Basic for Applications (VBA)RPowerPoint

About

I've been a bit of an explorer in my journey. My early stints in analytics showcased the power of data in decision making. I soon moved to product management in a 0-to-1 role at Nuclei. Building a product from scratch is a journey of going from the uncertain to the intuitive - one that I verily enjoyed. Product Management gave me the confidence to jump into entrepreneurship, filled with a strong desire to build something purposeful and ambitious. Running a business though is a whole other level on top of building product. The startup didn't go too far - businesses finally run on cash and conviction, and I ran out of both. Currently at Varaha, building a Zero-Trust system for High-Integrity Carbon Credits. At work or otherwise, I wish to assist in building better cities for the future - through intervention in culture, community and climate.

Experience

6 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

10 mos

Current Experience

Varaha

CTOs Office

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Helping Vishal with everything I can.
Always looking for good people to join the team - feel free to DM!

By choice club

Founder

Aug 2023 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hybrid

Wanted to work on themes I can personally support. Tried converting my ideals into a company.
Starting up came in phases:
Phase 1: Exploration.
Thought about the world, about what I'd like to do. Let my curiosity run wild, did a little bit of this a little bit of that. Sold merch, hosted events. Threw a 100 dots on the wall, hoping some would stick.
Phase 2: Problem discovery.
Gravitated towards the ideas of sustainability - culture, community and climate. Engaged with community organisers across BLR, played a key part in the first edition of the BLR festival. Noted partner issues with current platforms - ones that make experiences feel like commodities.
Phase 3: Vision Selling.
Ideated a community platform for culture - hoping to help the curious find the interesting. Pitched across the board - to partners, investors and team.
Phase 4: Execution.
Built a platform for BLR Hubba, parallely testing out hypothesis. Onboarded 40+ partner, 500+ events, sold 20k+ tickets.
Phase 5: Reality check.
Realised a slew of problems with our approach - product wasn't solving a pinching problem, business had low margins, very high dependence on marketing, etc. Tried to pivot but ran out of the hunger to build. Decided to wind down operations.
Phase 6: Course-correction.
Took a step back to re-align priorities. Worked with C4EC Foundation, got exposed to the systemic problems the world faces. Gravitated towards a role in climate-tech, and thankfully landed one.

Start-up LeadershipBusiness OwnershipProduct ManagementPartnershipsHuman Resources (HR)

Nuclei

Product

Jun 2021 – Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Experienced the many phases of building a business from scratch, supported by a brilliant team and the room to fail. A beautiful learning curve.
We started out with building a B2C subscription management platform, which pivoted towards B2B software management and finally turned into a SaaS marketplace. Now live with the largest banks in India.