Abhinav Asthana
Founder of Postman
Abhinav Asthana
Founder of Postman
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and CEO
2014 - Current
On a mission to simplify API development. Started off as a side-project in 2012 and has grown to become an industry-standard API Platform. Postman has more than 20 million users and is used in every country and every industry sector. Along the way, raised more than $400 million from the best VCs in the world - Insight Venture Partners, CRV, Coatue, Battery, Bond Capital and Nexus Venture Partners.
Postman is a software company that offers a platform for the users to design, develop, test, and organize custom APIs.
Raised $433,000,000.00 from Gokul Rajaram, Battery Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Sahin Boydas, CRV, Coatue, Girish Mathrubootham, Bond and Junipero Capital.
Founder - CTO
2010 - 2013
Partner & co-founder
2007 - 2011
Started Grayscale (www.thinkgrayscale.com) with the intention of providing design and programming services to small businesses and start-ups. Grayscale has become a much sought after design firm with clients from across the globe and dealings in graphic design to advanced web programming.
CTO
2007 - 2010
Created BITS360, a virtual tour technology which consists of 360 degree cylindrical panoramas. The product was launched 5 months before Google StreetView. Programmed the back-end and also designed the user interface. The product was marketed as Goa360 to the Goa Tourist Department and Dubai360 to BITS Dubai.
Intern
2009 - 2009
Worked as a front-end engineer on an internal project.
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.
Intern
2008 - 2008
Programmed a PIC microcontroller to test engine nozzle control of a PSLV rocket to a very high precision.