Preethi Kasireddy

Co-Founder

2024 - Current

Akhanda is the world’s first genetically customized women’s health platform for Indian women. At Akhanda, we understand that women’s health is intricate and interconnected. Our approach assesses and treats all bodily systems together to ensure the best health outcomes.

Founder

2021 - 2024

We offer a world-class bootcamp that trains Ethereum developers.

Founder & CEO

2017 - 2020

TruStory is a social network that enables productive debate. To make progress on any issue, we need to learn from different perspectives, find common ground, and have the humility to change our minds. Our mission is to make the Internet more open-minded by incentivizing people to hear all sides of a debate.

Blockchain & Smart Contract Engineer

2017 - 2017

Currently working with Ethereum-based projects to: • Design and implement Ethereum-based smart contracts for token sales • Perform rigorous testing and security audits of smart contracts • Architect and build new protocols on the blockchain • Draft technical white papers • Define and analyze the economics of token sales to ensure all parties' incentives are aligned in the best possible way

Software Engineer

2016 - 2017

• Architected and implemented the front-end interfaces and APIs required for the integration of Ethereum onto the Coinbase brokerage platform • Led the back-end work required to change buy & sell and send & request fees on the brokerage platform. Performed various A/B tests and data analysis to assess the effect of increased fees on buying patterns and profits • Re-wrote the legacy Ruby on Rails front-end in React, Redux and Mobx, including the primary buy & sell views, accounts page, and more • Built various APIs that were required to transition from a Rails front-end to React, Redux and Mobx • Designed and successfully drove the adoption of a new pull request process that required all engineers to use a standard template for creating and explaining pull requests

Software Engineer

2016 - 2016

Drove the full-stack development of a product called "tap-to-android" (an app that enables anyone to provision their own Android instance and stream it over the network) to beta stage completion in under a month: • Configured an Android emulator using QEMU and built functionality to stream it over VNC via RFB protocol to a Node/Socket.io server • Converted color depth of image frame buffer using complex bitwise operators. Used Canvas API to paint emulator screen to client • Designed an event queueing system using Zero RPC to handle input events to emulator • Deployed Docker containers on dedicated Ubuntu servers and dynamically provisioned the containers using remote API • Built a highly customized Docker container consisting of Android SDK and runtime dependencies, Android emulator, Node.js/Socket.io server and necessary system and application libraries • Work with the limits of running containers in the cloud -- in particular, nested virtualization

Partner

2013 - 2015

• Led pitch meetings with 6-12 entrepreneurs every week and conducted extensive diligence into each company’s team, product, technology, business model, and metrics in order to present my findings to the deal team and make an investment decision • Worked directly with the General Partners to help them pre and post investment, including attending board meetings, due diligence and assisting companies in the portfolio • Spearheaded an effort to be more metrics driven by introducing best practices and processes for tracking and analyzing business metrics Investments I worked in: • Buzzfeed ($50M) • Stack Exchange ($40M) • Envoy ($10M) • Tanium ($90M) • Stealth connected car startup ($3.5M) Board observer role: Honor, Adatao, Stealth connected car startup

Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Investment Banking Analyst

2012 - 2013

• Constructed comprehensive financial and operating models including discounted cash flow, leveraged buyout, initial public offering, public trading comparables, precedent M&A transactions, debt capacity, and accretion/dilution • Deal execution responsibilities include conducting business and financial due diligence, strategic alternatives analyses and drafting equity offering materials such as pitch presentations, sales memoranda, and internal capital commitment memoranda Selected Transaction Experience: • ~$250 MM sell-side advisory on the sale of a video conferencing business • Tableau's Initial Public Offering – Lead-Left Bookrunner • LifeLock’s $141 MM Initial Public Offering – Joint Active Bookrunner • Zillow’s $172 MM Follow-On Offering

Student Office Administrator

2011 - 2012

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

2011 - 2011