Madhu Shalini Iyer

Managing Partner

2019 - Current

Advisor to VCs and Startups - Operator turned Investor

2018 - 2020

Advised a Blockchain startup in recruitment technology - wrote their technical whitepaper that helped them raise 70M in ICO. Advisor to a leading leading provider of Enterprise Cloud services and solutions that is public in India. Mentor to a fund in Singapore. Raised 10M for a deep tech fund.

Chief Data Officer / Advisor

2017 - 2018

Formulated data strategy, security, privacy and governance across the company. Built a cross functional org including an analytically driven marketing team to drive B2C lending. Scaled to 60M+ lent per month (b2c). Helped fund raise from top investors. Stayed on as advisor. Ethos Lending is a Khosla Ventures backed series B startup, with a mission to automate the trillion dollar mortgage industry. Ethos is a next-generation mortgage software company and direct lender that originates high-quality loans at amongst the lowest price points in the country. Leveraging technology, Ethos has re-engineered the mortgage supply chain, creating a highly intuitive, transparent and efficient experience for the consumer and mortgage broker. Through data-driven decisions, our loan data engine automates workflows and processes resulting in high throughput and reduced risk, while accelerating the loan process.

Chief Data Officer/ Board of Directors

2016 - 2017

Chief Data Officer/ Board of directors of a unicorn startup (Go-Jek) Director of Singapore Office - Started the office. Formulated data strategy, security, privacy and governance across the company. Built cross functional org. Helped fund raise from top investors.

Partner

2016 - 2016

150M Private Equity Fund - evaluated investments and helped startups across SEA.

Data Science and Analytics Leader

2011 - 2016

Led data science and analytics team in the Small Business Group on QuickBooks Financing, a platform to connect small business customers with lenders. Recipient of Intuit's founder Innovation Award, that recognizes outstanding achievement in technical innovation. Recognized for pioneering an invention that changed the financial lives of small business customers in a meaningful way. Prior to that, consulted and influenced overall statistics strategy of different businesses within Intuit, Drove business value through large-scale analytics in areas such as, Customer Retention, Personalization, Text Analysis and Clickstream Analysis.

Senior Scientist, Statistics and Data Sciences

2005 - 2011

Experience in solving critical business problems using machine learning, data mining, advanced mathematical & statistical predictive modeling techniques. Lead statistician supporting cross functional engineering teams including materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive, and thermal sciences.