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Why I joined Georgia Tech’s OMSCS program
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Karthik Kumar
Founder of Amplify Data
New York, New York
Overview
Karthik Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Amplify, where he is actively shaping the future of B2B data sharing. With a background in engineering and experience in financial modeling, he has successfully led Amplify and held advisory roles at Aera Technology, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and business strategy.
Kumar's career highlights include founding Amplify, a pioneering company in B2B data sharing, and serving as an advisor and VP Finance & Operations at Aera Technology, demonstrating his leadership skills and strategic acumen in the tech industry.
Work Experience
Co-Founder and CEO
2022 - Current
Unlock the full value of data through data-sharing. Find out how with Amplify!
Accelerate your Data Business with Amplify!
Raised $3,500,000.00 from KohFounders, Hypothesis, Notation Capital, ASC VC and Nicholas Chirls.
Advisor
2022
VP Finance & Operations
2017 - 2022
Founding executive-team member working to build, lead, and launch the Decision Intelligence company.
Aera Technology is the Decision Intelligence company that digitizes, augments, and automates decision making in real time.
Raised $173,656,544.00 from Silver Lake Waterman.
Board Member
2020
Catalyzing the fusion frontier!
Aquarius Energy is a provider of clean technology and renewable energy solutions.
Raised $775,000.00.
Board Observer
2016 - 2017
Leading online-procurement and strategic sourcing platform. Acquired by Workday for $540M (Nov 2019).
Board Observer/Advisor
2015 - 2017
Market leading Sales Readiness platform
MindTickle is a software company that offers sales readiness and enablement tools for businesses.
Raised $281,300,000.00 from Qualcomm Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, NewView Capital and SoftBank Vision Fund.
Venture Investor
2015 - 2017
Investor, Advisor, and Advocate for early stage enterprise software companies, with a focus on horizontal SaaS software, Big Data middleware, and AI enabling technologies. Worked closely at the Series A/B stage with breakout companies like Scout, Plaid, Mindtickle, Pilot AI, Appsheet and more. NEA is one of the largest VC firms in the world, with $24B+ under management and 600+ exits across four decades of history
New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in technology and healthcare startups.
Technology Investment Banking
2013 - 2015
Advised on multiple transactions in the software, communications, and semiconductor verticals
Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.
Independent Researcher & Facility Assistant
2009 - 2013
Published research on phase-change memory nanowire systems for use in electronic memory applications and trained users on Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) operating procedure
Co-Founder
2011 - 2012
Multi-campus platform to connect college students with local restaurants and student shows
Education
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