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Shilpa Yarlagadda

Partner at Stealth

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Shilpa Yarlagadda is the Founder and CEO of Shiffon Co, a Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style honoree, with significant experience in entrepreneurship, robotics, and artificial intelligence. She has successfully founded multiple organizations, including Startup Girl Foundation, and has made impactful investments in companies like Eterneva at the pre-seed stage, focusing on sectors such as impact, health, and hospital services in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Global Innovation Fellow

    2022 - Current

    Advising innovation at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard as the inaugural Global Innovation Fellow

  • Founder & CEO

    2018

    Shiffon Co is a woman led social impact fine jewelry company that I started out of my college dorm room. 50% of profits from the company's Duet Pinky Rings fund seed grants and investments to female founders. The Duet Pinky Ring has been spotted on Michelle Obama, Nicole Kidman, Emma Watson, and Serena Williams and has funded 13 women led startups thus far.

  • Partner

    2016

  • Microsoft Research (MSR) Intern

    2015 - 2015

Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.

  • Founder

    2012 - 2015

    • Founded Club Academia, an ed-tech nonprofit creating student-centric video tutorials for Chemistry & SAT vocabulary. • Presented as a speaker at prestigious Education-Technology conferences, including TEDx and ISTE14 Startup Panel. • Developed innovative content to engage students in a fun and relatable way, fostering a love for learning.

  • Programming Director

    2010 - 2014

    www.spacecookies.org

  • Robotics Academy Intern

    2012 - 2012

    Cadet at NASA's Robotics Academy. Helped program the earth-side control software and command and data handling system for the Lunar Micro-Rover(LMR).

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