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title: "Ishan Vyas - Head of Growth and Product in San Francisco Bay Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Ishan Vyas, 2x Founder | Techstars 2019 | Prev. Instacar, NIRA, Refyne based in San Francisco Bay Area. AI stack includes claude code, elevenlabs, and grok."
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# Ishan Vyas on Tal

## Headline

2x Founder \| Techstars 2019 \| Prev\. Instacar, NIRA, Refyne

## About

I am a two\-time founder and seasoned growth leader with a proven track record of scaling organizations through rigorous, data\-driven product development and operational excellence\. Having navigated the startup journey from founding to exit and leading product and growth at high\-growth fintech companies—including scaling AUM to $110M\+—I specialize in building sustainable systems and high\-performing teams\. My approach combines entrepreneurial grit with deep technical product intuition to drive long\-term business value and operational clarity\.

## Location

San Francisco Bay Area

## AI stack

claude code

elevenlabs

grok

hermes agent

lovable

OpenRouter

## Work experience

Head of Growth and Product at Refyne India, Oct 2024 \- Feb 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Owned Product, Growth and Business\. Scaled AUM to $110M\+

Head of Growth at NIRA, Nov 2020 \- Oct 2024 · 4 yrs, Bengaluru, I lead NIRA's Growth 📈

Founder & CEO at InstaCar Technologies, Aug 2016 \- Oct 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Instacar offered a pre\-booked taxi experience designed for urban consumers, with a specific emphasis on airport pickups and drops\. We provided a premium cab hailing experience characterized by fixed prices, on\-time departures, and zero cancellation, ensuring a hassle\-free service for our customers\.

Member Company at Techstars, Feb 2019 \- May 2019 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Instacar was accelerated by Techstars, one of the world's largest startup accelerators and investors in Uber, SendGrid, DigitalOcean, and PillPack\.

Founder & CEO at Aspricot, Feb 2007 \- Aug 2016 · 9 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Aspricot was a versatile software engineering firm, specializing in tasks like invoice management, e\-commerce, CRM, AR/VR, IOT integrations, and WordPress themes and plugins\. Our clientele extended across 36 countries\.

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