Piyush Varanjani
Demand Generation & Growth, APAC at Stripe
Singapore
Overview
Work Experience
Demand Generation & Growth, APAC
2020 - Current
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.
Raised $9,440,247,725.00 from E1 Ventures.
Angel Investor
2022
Collaborative, blazing fast data research for knowledge workers. Currently in private beta. datanarratives.com
Defog is a natural language data query platform that allows users to ask free-form data questions through large language models.
Raised $2,700,000.00 from Script Capital, Pioneer Fund, Dharmesh Shah, Hike Ventures, Y Combinator and Divya Bhat.
Angel Investor
2021
Mostly learning from founders. DM me if you’re planning to move to web3 as an engineer, or a web3 startup who needs security audit to avoid mistakes in the code that can sometimes lead to $34M worth of ETH inaccessible (read: Akutars NFT).
Macro trains engineers in Solidity, EVM, and Web3, conduct audits, invest in Web3 projects & place talent for projects in the ecosystem.
Angel Squad Member
2021
Trying to sound smart by investing with Hustle Fund at https://www.hustlefund.vc/angelsquad
Angel Investor
2021
Milk helps companies turn their high quality video recordings into valuable repurposed marketing assets that can be used to drive traffic, leads, and sales. milkvideo.com
Milk Video is a platform that turns your webinar into video highlights.
Raised $1,500,000.00 from Amplify Partners, Edward Benson, Austin Esecson, Pioneer, Alejandro León, Andrew Badr, First Row Partners, Mila Ferrell, Julien Smith and Y Combinator.
Fintech Angel Operator
2021
Helping early-stage fintech founders by sharing operator experience as part of SEA-focused angel network of fintech executives.
Angel Investor
2021
Launch products 2-3x faster - turn your designs into production ready code with Locofy.ai. Get early access here: www.locofy.ai
Product Manager and Product Marketing
2017 - 2020
Since 2011, we’ve had a clear mission: money without borders - instant, convenient, transparent and eventually free. We’re powering money for people and businesses in their increasingly global lives - to pay, to get paid, to spend, in any currency, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing. Built by and for people who live global lives, we’re the fairest, easiest way to manage your money across borders. We’re just at the beginning of our story and we’re growing at an incredible pace. We won’t stop until anyone, anywhere can send, spend and receive money wherever they are, whatever they’re doing. There’s still heaps to do and we can’t do it alone. Want to join? We’re hiring! http://transferwise.com/jobs
Organiser
2015 - 2017
• Deciding the theme, location, and demographics of Startup Weekend Singapore • Selecting and closing the sponsorship deals with Aviva, Infocomm Investments, and NUS Enterprise • Communicating Startup Weekend's Message • Interfacing with Event VIPs (Mentors, Judges, Sponsor Reps) • Ensuring Event Information is Clearly Communicated
Product Manager
2016 - 2016
● Ideated, designed and launched a language learning product, VikiLearn, based on top of Viki’s video platform to teach Chinese to 35M users of Viki ● Managed the go-to-market, and conducted dozens of user interviews to use that insight to give direction to the product development ● Designed the earlier versions of the product and Viki error pages to make the 404 pages more personal and functional to the users
Viki is a prime-time entertainment to new audiences and unlocks new markets and revenue opportunities for content owners.
Raised $24,300,000.00 from Singtel Innov8.