Kartik Sathappan
Investor at 25kchecks.com
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Angel Investor
2017 - Current
38+ investments, one unicorn exit 🦄 -Highlights: Groq, Superhuman, Turing
Chief Executive Officer
2021 - 2023
We're building the first design -> code tool that actually works.
Bifrost is an AI-driven platform that automatically turns Figma designs into clean React code.
Raised $500,000.00 from Founders, Inc..
Product Manager
2019 - 2019
3D, voice, consumer - stay tuned
Panda is a camera that augments users' conversations with friends.
Raised $6,269,000.00 from The Syndicate.com and LAUNCH.
Fellow
2019 - 2019
https://www.beondeck.com/#odf On Deck Cohort 2
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
Product Manager - Blockchain
2018 - 2018
-Modernizing public finance -First blockchain-based bond approved by a city government (Berkeley)
Product Manager
2016 - 2017
-Launched TurboTax’s first beyond tax product with 3rd party partner Earnest -Improved offer conversion by 130% through enhanced messaging around consent screens -Pioneering diversity within the TurboTax product by launching our first screen with multicultural avatars -Managing both cross-functional and interdependent teams across the company -Improving the user experience through analytics and regular customer interview sessions
Intuit Turbo is an app to get financial reports and financial advice.
Software Engineer Internship
2015 - 2015
-Won the App Store Marketing Challenge with "Game of the Day" which was announced on stage at WWDC17 (100+ other Apple interns competed) -Published US Patent 10,277,829 -Integral in the direction and ideation, especially concerning the customer experience, for the challenge -Designed and developed original software products for FaceTime using Xcode, C, and Objective-C -Created and prototyped new features with the IMG team’s existing codebase
Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.
Media & Technology Operations Intern
2014 - 2014
-Created the Video Quality Control software product for pre-air assets from the ground up -Implemented the Video QC as a backend service using Java, FFmpeg, OpenCV, Maven, and Spring -Created the front-end components for both my own Video QC service as well as the Transcoding Service -Took advantage of AngularJS to create dynamic single-page applications
Web Developer Internship
2013 - 2013
-Led development of improving the product’s chat systems to work both internally and sync with Facebook -Worked with designers on the core functionality and design of the product -Performed research on various versions of ruby and server implementations that would best fit the goals of the website -Created real-time notification systems for Facebook and Twitter using Faye, Ruby, and JavaScript -Worked on managing and accessing back-end databases (MongoDB)
A tool for business owners to create and manage their social media content across networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.