Rajeev Pathak — CEO
At Hyperbots, I am part of the mission to change the way global small and medium enterprises operate in the 21st century. We are building and deploying hyper AI assistants for finance and accounting, making these processes truly autonomous. Prior to this, I was running funtoot, a disruptive technology product startup for k12 adaptive learning for 9 years. The funtoot raised three rounds of funding, turned profitable, and was acquired by Reliance-Jio-Embibe in December 2019 giving a good cash exit to VC and Angel Investors. Subsequent to the acquisition of funtoot by Reliance-Jio-Embibe, I was leading content and media development, B2B sales, learning intelligence, content intelligence, learning outcomes, and customer delivery at Embibe. These functions had a team of 1,500 academicians, engineers, sales, and delivery people. At funtoot following milestones were achieved: 1. 2019 - Strategic acquisition by Embibe, A Reliance-Jio Platfoms company. 2. 2017 - Turned Profitable 3. 2017- Touched 100,000 students lives. Demonstrated learning outcomes (10%-35% improvement) 4. 2013:15 - Raised two rounds of VC funding primarily from Inventus Capital 5. 2012 - Raised funding from Mumbai Angels 6. 2012- Was Winner of the Bloomberg UTV Pitch Contest where 1000 companies participated. 7. 2012 - Was finalist at a leading national innovation award where 400+ companies participated. 8. 2011 - Filed patent for major breakthroughs in disruptive technologies in education 9. 2011 - Launched "funtoot" an intelligent and adaptive personal tutor Prior to that, I was running ISV Industry (Software Products Industry) P&L for Wipro Technologies. Responsible for business strategy, business development, innovations and business realization. Also responsible for delivery oversight for ISV vertical inclusive of product engineering & IT services. 1. Incubated new business practices at Wipro. 2. 2007: Won Wipro-wide Innovation award for creating a business using a new business model 3. 2006: Won President award for business development 4. 2007: Was selected among top General Managers for a 3 year long Accelerated Leadership Development Program designed & developed by Wipro corporate HR in collaboration with DDI and other global leadership institutes. 5. Won ten deals in 18 months during 2002-2004. 6. Won best manager award in 2000 7. Won best Project manager award in 1999 8. Was part of INSAT 2-C/2-D/2-E teams at ISRO Satellite Center
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and EdTech leader with extensive experience in business development and technology innovation.
Location: New York, New York, United States
Experience: 28 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Content Development
- Learning Intelligence
- Adaptive Learning
- Technology Innovation
- Business Strategy
- Business Development
Career Highlights
- Led a team of 1,500 at Embibe.
- Founded funtoot, acquired by Reliance-Jio.
- Achieved strategic acquisition and profitability.
Work Experience
Hyperbots Inc.
Co-founder and CEO (3 yrs)
Embibe
Senior Vice President - Embibe (Content, Media, Learning Science and Delivery ) (3 yrs 3 mos)
funtoot
Founder and CEO (11 yrs 7 mos)
Wipro Technologies
General Manager - ISV Industry (1 yr 9 mos)
General Manager Software Products Group (2 yrs)
Group Head (8 yrs)
ISRO
Engineer/Scientist (2 yrs)
Education
PGSM at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
MS at BITS Pilani
BTECH at Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur