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Rohini Pandhi

Head of Expansion at Mercury

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Rohini Pandhi, currently the Head of Expansion at Mercury, has a strong background in product management and has held leadership roles at companies like Square/Block and Transparent Collective. She is also an active startup advisor, angel investor, and has invested in companies such as Printify and MarketMuse. Pandhi's career highlights include co-founding Transparent Collective and serving as a Product Lead at Block, showcasing her expertise in business strategy, product development, and innovation within the startup ecosystem. Her investment focus on diverse founders and companies in the FinTech sector demonstrates her commitment to supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Head of Expansion

    2023 - Current

  • Co-Founder

    2016

    Transparent Collective is a nonprofit focused on helping underrepresented founders get access to Silicon Valley mentors, advisors, investors, and other resources. We have advanced 70+ startups through the program so far, with over $70M raised by our founders (who are 58% womxn, 61% Black, 15% Latinx, and 66% outside of California).

Transparent Collective is a non-profit organization helping underrepresented founders access the growth resources and connections.

  • Product Lead

    2016 - 2023

    Product Lead, Bitcoin Wallet | Jul 2022 - Oct 2023 Product Lead, Square Payments | Oct 2019 - Jul 2022 Product Manager, Square Invoices | Mar 2016 - Oct 2019

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) (formerly Square, Inc.) is a technology company with a focus on financial services.

Raised $2,601,166,807.00 from TDM Growth Partners and TDM Growth Partners.

  • Angel Track

    2018 - 2018

    First Round Angel Track is a community of high caliber operators and founders in tech committed to, and motivated by, being a resource for feedback, advice, and capital to early-stage founders. I was part of the Fall 2018 cohort.

First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2014 - 2016

    Managed all 7 product lines at the company; authored the strategic plans, roadmaps, feature designs, development, and launches for each of those products. Also recruited and hired a team of sharp product and design leaders to build intuitive and efficient APIs and SDKs for our customers.

PubNub Data Stream Network is a secure global Data Stream Network that enables mobile and web developers to build and scale real-time apps.

Raised $134,100,000.00 from The Raine Group, HPE Growth, Bosch Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures.

  • Product Manager

    2013 - 2014

    Launched Cloud Intelligence, a new data analytics and data visualizations platform to help customers spot trends, anomalies, and patterns in their cloud deployments using core data science techniques. Defined the product vision and value proposition, conducted competitive analyses and in-depth user research, created the product roadmap, prioritized technical milestones to manage releases, and developed pricing strategies for the product line.

  • Product Manager

    2011 - 2012

    Led product and marketing efforts to identify key customer segments and attributes, research competitive landscape, set product pricing, and develop company’s core messaging. Also, aided in the development of financial models and investor presentations with the executive team.

  • Product Manager, Innovations and New Technology

    2010 - 2011

    Managed a portfolio of activities aimed at exploring new opportunities, developing and refining business models, and conducting pilot tests to expand the market presence and improve the operational capabilities of the company. Project subjects included Electric Vehicles, Sensor Technologies, Small Business Assurance, and Financial Service Loyalty Programs. Additionally, inventor on U.S. patent applications for Systems and Underwriting Methods on Electric Vehicles and Community Improvement.

Hartford Investor Services Company is a subsidiary of HL Investment Advisors.

  • Co-Founder & Advisor

    2008 - 2011

    Sataza is an Indian fast-casual restaurant that will deliver flavorful, healthy, and fresh wraps/plates/salads to the mainstream consumer.

  • Product Strategy Consultant

    2010 - 2010

    Created competitor analyses, developed customer value propositions, and presented recommendations for effective growth propositions and potential future value-added services in the nascent electric vehicle industry.

Better Place develops and sells battery-charging and battery-switching services for electric cars.

Raised $925,000,000.00 from Israel Corp.

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