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Building Agentic Skill Partner for 1bn People| 2x-Founder, Business Operator & Early Stage Advisor

About

12+ years inside company-building: Employee #1 to early team to CEO. Some bets worked. Some didn't. All of it counts. Now building Flo101 at 101 Collective: an agentic platform for how the next generation combats the largest skills gap created with the AI shift. Backed by a $250M+ legacy group. The path here: grew Unacademy's Partner Channel to $2M ARR, early team at Great Learning through a $600M exit, built enterprise GTM at UpGrad, co-founded Apli (acquired). A decade of learning exactly where what breaks and why. Ex-EIR at Leo Capital. Community with Manipal Mafia. Travel/collectibles/mixology for the soul.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Founder at flo101, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Building an agentic skill partner to enable the next 1 billion people. Tech venture backed by a USD 200M+ legacy family office. A new operating playbook on infusing entrepreneurial DNA into institutional scale.

Entrepreneur in Residence Consultant ( Platform Operations & Startup Acceleration) at Leo Capital, 2024 - 2025 · 1 yr, Took on platform strategy, branding, and ops for a global early-stage fund, and launched their EU/MENA acceleration program (LEAP) from scratch. Built the entire tech stack, content infrastructure, and branding with the cost efficiency of a 3-person intern team – enabling commitments worth tens of millions of dollars for 20+ founders across India and the Nordics in the first cohort alone.

Generalist Consultant (Strategy, Product, Sales & Ops) at Various Startups, 2023 - 2025 · 2 yrs, Worked across GTM, product, biz dev, and org-building for early-stage startups. One YC-selected GenAI startup went on to raise $2M+. Placed high-impact talent into critical roles, think TPMs, Community Leads, Partnerships Heads, across a YC startup, a D2C brand, an HR-tech firm, and a venture studio. Delivered sessions on entrepreneurship and AI to over 300+ people across campuses. Focused heavily on execution, and had a little fun on the side: Dabbled in the alco-bev space and ran cocktail pop-ups (250+ people!). Now building it into a curated members-only community. Set up Mighty Capital, an alumni-led syndicate with big plans and even bigger conviction to back contrarian founders!

Co-Founder & CBO (Product, Business Ops, Sales & Fundraising) at Apli (acquired by Edulab), 2022 - 2023 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Built and launched an enterprise recruiting product in 3 months flat – a "try-before-you-apply" talent model with zero paid marketing. Landed POCs with teams at Verse, Tesla, and Accion. Secured investor interest from execs at Accenture, Zetwerk, and Cleartrip. Finalist at NHRD Startup Awards; featured at People Matters Tech HR '22. Classic case of right product, wrong timing, and a masterclass in survival economics.

Associate Director - Growth (Partnerships, Strategy & Channel Development) at Unacademy, 2021 - 2022 · 1 yr, Brought in to fix flatlining revenue. Built the Partner Channel vertical from zero to ₹136Mn ARR (~$2M) in under 8 months. Grew campus reach 2x in 3 months, lifting MRR by 45%. Drove 60K+ learners through B2B and B2B2C distribution. Led a 24-member team across high-stakes partner groups.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, Manipal institute of technology