KP

Kanishk Parashar

Founder of Powder

Los Altos, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • co-founder / CEO

    2023 - Current

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

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