Piyush Varanjani
Demand Generation & Growth, APAC at Stripe
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
something new
2024 - Current
Preparing for AGI, until then building something new. Reach out at 42piyush@gmail.com if you’re exploring AI agents for improving operational efficiency in 'boring' spaces (real estate, finance, legal, healthcare, and robotics). If you want to play low status, high AI game, ping me.
Angel Investor
2022
Defog is a natural language data query platform that allows users to ask free-form data questions through large language models.
Raised $2,700,000.00 from Script Capital, Pioneer Fund, Dharmesh Shah, Hike Ventures, Y Combinator and Divya Bhat.
Angel Squad Member
2021
Angel Investor
2021
Product and Growth, APAC
2020 - 2024
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.
Raised $9,440,247,725.00 from E1 Ventures.
Product Manager and Growth
2017 - 2020
Since 2011, we’ve had a clear mission: money without borders - instant, convenient, transparent and eventually free. We’re powering money for people and businesses in their increasingly global lives - to pay, to get paid, to spend, in any currency, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing. Built by and for people who live global lives, we’re the fairest, easiest way to manage your money across borders. We’re just at the beginning of our story and we’re growing at an incredible pace. We won’t stop until anyone, anywhere can send, spend and receive money wherever they are, whatever they’re doing. There’s still heaps to do and we can’t do it alone. Want to join? We’re hiring! http://transferwise.com/jobs
Product Manager
2016 - 2016
● Ideated, designed and launched a language learning product, VikiLearn, based on top of Viki’s video platform to teach Chinese to 35M users of Viki ● Managed the go-to-market, and conducted dozens of user interviews to use that insight to give direction to the product development ● Designed the earlier versions of the product and Viki error pages to make the 404 pages more personal and functional to the users
Viki is a prime-time entertainment to new audiences and unlocks new markets and revenue opportunities for content owners.
Raised $24,300,000.00 from Singtel Innov8.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2015 - 2015
GSF is India's first major startup accelerator, built up of 200 investors and 17 entrepreneurs in residence worldwide. International partners include Seedcamp and Dave McClure’s 500 Startups. - Scouting start-ups and early stage companies in Singapore to add to the next batch of GSF 2015 accelerator program and help them go global. - Forming partnerships and managing deal flows in Singapore startup ecosystem to take Singaporan start-ups to Silicon Valley, Europe and India for a 2 month program with demo day in each country.
Product Manager
2015 - 2015
ZALORA Group is Asia’s leading online fashion retailer. http://www.zalora.sg/ - Assisted in automating the notifications to customer for last mile delivery
CEO
2014 - 2015
- Made business plan by conceptualizing the idea of The Pitch!, an online platform to upload video pitches and receive feedback from crowdsourcing to tweak the startup idea at an early stage - Evaluated the feasibility of the idea by interviewing mentors who can give feedback online and brainstormed their motivation for the same - Led the team by defining vision and culture of the startup