Aakash Kumar

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Two-time founder with extensive startup experience
Expert in growth and monetization strategies
Passionate about game design and system architecture

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur in the Media, Tech, and Consumer sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investment StrategyPortfolio ManagementStartup AccelerationGrowth ManagementProduct StrategyRevenue ManagementProduct DevelopmentAngel InvestmentStrategic PlanningEntrepreneurshipProject Management

Other Skills

Software DevelopmentInfrastructureDataAIConsumer TechInvestmentSoftwareDeepTechFintechGrowth StrategyMonetizationAd-techMar-techRevenue OperationsUser Acquisition

About

Tech optimist and investor in early stage startups. Investing sweet spot is complete co-founding teams with deep rooted growth mindset. Believe in backing and collaborating with missionary founders irrespective of how early they are: Idea, demo or initial product Two time founder and an avid gamer. Most excited about system design and game design #passion Led growth, monetisation and GTM focused (read obsessed) product building in the past. Experienced both (massive) wins and (colossal) failures at cos across all venture life-stages ( 0 to 1, 1 to 10, 10 to 100) If you are looking to raise you pre-seed or seed round please reach out to me via email or preferably WhatsApp/TG/Discord

Experience

17 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Devc

Managing Director

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Sector agnostic
Stage: pre-seed, seed
About DeVC: Global collective of founders, operators and early stage GPs that backs founders at the Pre-Seed & Seed stage. The fund has invested in 100+ companies over last 3 years.
Select Portfolio:
Enterprise AI & Software: Kintsugi, Confido Health, RapidClaims, Realfast, Smallest AI, StepSecurity, Unifize, Atica, Renderwolf, Aurva & CodeAnt
DeepTech: InspeCity, Morphing Machines, Ananant Systems, Terafac, Uravu Labs, CarbonStrong
Fintech & Financial Services: Ambak, Cybrilla, PowerEdge, PowerUp, Grvt
Manufacturing & Supply Chain: Isler, Solar Ladder, Orbit Farming, Patcorn
Consumer: Glitchcraft, Felicity Games, Boba Bhai, Terractive, Ziffi Chess

InvestmentPortfolio ManagementAISoftwareDeepTechFintech+3

Z47 (fka matrix partners india)

Managing Director

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore, Mumbai · On-site

Focus areas: Software (Dev, Infra, Data, AI) and Consumer Tech (Media + Gaming)
Stage: Seed to series B
Portfolio: Aampe , Dashtoon, Emtech

Software DevelopmentInfrastructureDataAIConsumer TechInvestment Strategy+1

Hotstar

2 roles

SVP - Growth

Mar 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Scaled subscriptions to 40M+ paid users
Scaled ads monetisation to $200M+
Built ad-tech, Mar-tech and RevOps

Growth StrategyMonetizationAd-techMar-techRevenue OperationsGrowth Management+1

VP - Digital Products and Revenue

Dec 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

Built Ad-tech and revenue management systems

Ad-techRevenue ManagementProduct Development

Indus os

Products & Monetisation

Apr 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

(Exited to PhonePe)
Managed and grew key monetisation focused products:
Messaging and communication stack with everything social, commerce and payments embedded into the core OS experience via NLP bots
App Bazaar - largest alternate apps marketplace in the country

Product ManagementMonetizationProduct Development

Housing.com

2 roles

Chief Strategy Officer

Promoted

Dec 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

Mergers & Acquisitions: IREF | RealtyBI | Homebuy360 | BigBHK
Corporate Development and eventual exit to ReA (News Corp)

Corporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsStrategic Planning

Lead - Product & Business

Apr 2014 – Dec 2014 · 8 mos

Launched the Primary real estate sales business | Scaled to 60+ locations and 6K real estate developers | Pioneered the online transactions + marketplace hybrid model
Built the first version of supply side products : Broker/Agent Apps | Real Estate Developer CRM | POS Tools | Property Management Apps

Product DevelopmentReal Estate TechnologyProduct Strategy

Angel investor

Angel Investor

Jan 2012 – Dec 2021 · 9 yrs 11 mos · Worldwide · Hybrid

Partnered with 100+ founders as the earliest investor
Consumer Tech :: Artie, Probo, Apps For Bharat, Glip, Tamasha, GoNuts, Glassbox Media, Markk App, Gamee, Uable, Creator Stack, Trell (exited), Wakao (exited)
SaaS & Dev :: Leena AI, Privado, CustomerGlu, BuzzCast, Zorp, TrimPixel, Elevate, Spheron
Blockchain & Crypto :: Quicknode, Stader Labs, SSV network, MoHash, Flint, Blockdaemon, PlotX
Consumer :: Mosaic Wellness, Goat Brand Labs, O'Be Cocktails, App Academy, Bambinos, Kafqa Academy, Growth School, Vibecity
Fintech :: Oto, Rupifi (exited), Polytrade, Basis, Gray Quest, ScanPay, Balance, Piggy
B2B :: Farmart, Dukaan, Grow Simplee, Glo Roots

InvestmentStartup DevelopmentAngel Investment