Ananya Priya Iyer

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Principal at Kiteline Seed Fund | ex-PwC

Kiteline Seed Fund
Toronto, ON · ET (UTC-5)
9+ years experience
University of Waterloo
English
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Overview

9 years around startups; now investing in B2B SaaS. Led or co-led 23 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Most at home with energy and pricing.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Second opinions on energy decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on venture capital
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  • Generic networking requests
  • SEO and link-building offers

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
venture capitalpricinggo-to-marketenergy

Experience

  1. Principal
    May 2025 - Present
    Kiteline Seed Fund · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Toronto, ON
    • Led or co-led 15 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Sit on 3 boards.
  2. Associate Product Manager
    May 2022 - May 2025
    PwC · 3 yr · Full-time · Toronto, ON
    • Took payments activation from 32% to 58% in three quarters.
  3. Director of Product
    Aug 2019 - May 2022
    RBC · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Toronto, ON
    • Ran 86 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
  4. Director of Product
    Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
    Canadian Tire · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Toronto, ON
    • Ran 43 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
    • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.

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Education

  1. University of Waterloo
    BMath, Finance
    2013 - 2017

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