Kanishk Parashar
Founder of Powder
Los Altos, California
Overview
Work Experience
co-founder / CEO
2023 - Current
powder is building generative AI agents that automate laborious tasks to save time.
Raised $5,500,000.00 from Eight Capital, Bryant Chou, Script Capital, Y Combinator, FundersClub, Elefund, Jon Xu, General Catalyst, Pioneer Fund and Litquidity Capital.
Angel Investor
2016
Early stage investor and advisor
TBD Strategic Development Director
2021 - 2022
As part of a new Block business unit that is aimed at the world of web3, I helped develop the initial product strategy of building decentralized, trustless on/off ramps. White Paper - https://tbdex.io/whitepaper.pdf
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) (formerly Square, Inc.) is a technology company with a focus on financial services.
Raised $2,601,166,807.00 from TDM Growth Partners and TDM Growth Partners.
Advisor
2021 - 2021
Senior Director of Product Management
2021 - 2021
After the acquisition, continued to manage Addepar Navigator's engineering, product and design teams under the umbrella of Addepar. The adoption of Navigator has accelerated after the Addepar merger with nearly 200 new customers and counting.
Addepar is a software and data platform for even the most complex investment portfolios.
Raised $531,362,336.00 from Vika Ventures, Cota Capital and D1 Capital Partners.
co-founder and CEO (acquired by Addepar)
2017 - 2021
As CEO and Product Lead of RCI, we developed a private asset (private stock, PE, etc) commitment forecasting software that projects liquidity, cashflows, asset allocation, and returns at a total portfolio level. To create a product market fit, we collaborated closely with some of the most influential large asset allocators such as Australian Super, CBUS and Coal Pension. Post acquisition by Addepar, Addepar Navigator is now in use by 30+ family offices across the world.
Founder/CEO (acquired by Fitbit)
2012 - 2016
Senior Manager
2011 - 2012
Leading Nextag's Mobile development and product team. Specializing in iOS and Android.
Wize Commerce operates as a digital marketing and online commerce technology.
Engineering Manager
2010 - 2010
Manager, Software Development
2005 - 2008
Focused on Engineering Productivity. My team's job is to make the PayPal engineering organization a well oiled machine.
Senior Software Engineer
2003 - 2005
EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.
Education
BS
1998 - 2002