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Vanessa Kahkesh

Product Marketing Intern at Replit

Berkeley, California

Overview 

Vanessa Kahkesh is a Business, Economics, and Journalism graduate from Berkeley Haas, currently excelling as a Product Marketing professional at Replit. Notable highlights of her career include founding STUDENTpreneurs and serving as Head of Marketing at California Innovation Fund. She has leveraged her diverse skill set in storytelling, venture capital, and brand building to make significant contributions in marketing roles, demonstrating a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to driving business growth.

Work Experience 

CC

Cal Club Tennis

  • Competitive Tennis Player

    2021 - Current

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Replit

  • Product Marketing Intern

    2024 - 2024

    ∙Led cross-functional collaboration with senior leadership to produce product-focused videos; executed 5 data-driven GTM social campaigns with X and Y Combinator ∙Created and deployed technical newsletters to 10.5M users; managed cross-channel marketing execution for two major product launches, driving user adoption across a 20M+ user base

Replit is a browser-based integrated development environment for cross-platform collaborative coding.

Raised $222,020,000.00 from Craft Ventures and AIspace Ventures.

replit.com
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STUDENTpreneurs

  • Founder and CEO

    2020 - 2024

    • Built a global community platform for 1,600+ members, spotlighted 250+ global student founders and curated 130+ business resources • Produced and hosted interviews with 40+ industry from Shaq O’Neal to the CEO of Robinhood • Organized campus-wide events for 1,000+ attendees from 20+ UC Berkeley departments

CI

California Innovation Fund

  • Head of Marketing and Investing Analyst

    2022 - 2024

    • Performed financial due diligence on 70+ tech start-ups, leading to a $250K investment in an EdTech company • Organized events for +200 firm stakeholders in partnership with 10+ UC departments, boosting deal flow by 30% • Produced and distributed LinkedIn content campaigns, increasing follower base by 141%, engagement by 70% and website traffic by 200% in 6 months

  • Investing Analyst

    2022 - 2022

UB

UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology

  • Head of Content and Marketing Analyst

    2023 - 2024

    • Directed end-to-end content production and strategy, increasing social media by 1,046% (50K total), video impressions by 1,110% (170K total), and engagement by 316% • Produced and hosted “Venture Corner,” a founder interview series generating 300K views across 5 episodes

The Sutardja Center supports new venture teams with mentoring, network connections, and Delta prize awards.

scet.berkeley.edu
NC

Nation Capital Corp.

  • Advisor

    2023 - 2024

  • Marketing and Business Associate

    2021 - 2023

  • Marketing and Front Office Assistant

    2017 - 2021

HB

Haas Business School Association (HBSA)

  • Entrepreneurship Lead

    2022 - 2023

  • Entrepreneurship Associate

    2022 - 2023

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Unilever

  • Sustainability Consultant

    2022 - 2022

EI

European Innovation Academy

  • Co-founder and CEO

    2022 - 2022

PREMIER TALENT AGENCY

  • Actress

    2015 - 2021

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