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title: "Siddhant Sumon - Co-build Partner & Fractional COO in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Siddhant Sumon, I co-build businesses with domain experts | Ex-CEO PokerHigh, scaled to ₹6 Cr/day based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes antigravity and opencode."
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# Siddhant Sumon on Tal

## Headline

I co\-build businesses with domain experts \| Ex\-CEO PokerHigh, scaled to ₹6 Cr/day

## About

I’ve spent 9\+ years building and scaling startups in some of India’s most volatile business environments\. Those years taught me two things: 1\. How to engineer momentum \- acquiring, engaging, and retaining millions of users\. 2\. How quickly things break when fiscal discipline and execution fall out of sync\. Now I help early\-stage founders avoid the traps that kill most startups: \- Fiscal discipline & clarity \- Guardrails, metrics, and rhythms so you don’t run out of cash or scale losses\. \- Growth & retention systems \- Flywheels that turn early traction into predictable momentum\. \- Operational resilience \- Teams, frameworks, and dashboards that keep you focused when chaos inevitably hits\. I’ve lived both ends of the spectrum: \- 0\-to\-1: Raising \~$1\.6M, building product \+ distribution, navigating cofounder conflicts, and learning what kills momentum\. \- 1\-to\-n: At Gameskraft, scaled daily revenue from ₹2\.4→₹6 cr in \~18 months, kept CACs among the lowest in the industry, and built systems that held even through regulatory shocks, all while delivering industry\-best retention\. I bring structured thinking, hard\-earned lessons, and systems that hold under pressure\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

antigravity

opencode

## Work experience

Co\-build Partner & Fractional COO at Self\-Employed, Oct 2025 \- Present · 11 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, \- Advising early stage founders on growth, retention, fundraising, and building sustainable businesses, rooted in 9\+ years of hands\-on experience across consumer startups\. \- I partner with domain experts and early stage founders to turn ideas into operating businesses\. Strategy, execution architecture, and hands\-on operating support from concept to first revenue

Career transition at Career Break, Oct 2024 \- Sep 2025 · 1 yr, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Paused after 8 intense years of building to recalibrate\. Focused on health, rebuilding foundational systems, and exploring AI\-first opportunities with renewed clarity\.

Associate Director at Gameskraft, Mar 2022 \- Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Growth & Strategy Consultant at Slash, Dec 2021 \- Feb 2022 · 3 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Chief Executive Officer at PokerHigh, Oct 2019 \- Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Chief Operating Officer at PokerHigh, Jan 2019 \- Sep 2019 · 9 mos, Greater Delhi Area

Business Head, Founding Team at PokerHigh, Sep 2017 \- Dec 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos, Greater Delhi Area

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Apeejay School, Faridabad

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