Arun Vaidyanathan

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Founder & CEO at Verge Works · Edtech · education, growth

Verge Works
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
7+ years experience
IIIT Bangalore
English, Hindi, Kannada
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Verge Works (edtech). 7 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small edtech company. Most at home with mobile and education.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Early customers and design partners
  • Second opinions on mobile decisions
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  • Courses and coaching offers

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Skills
educationgrowthmobilecontent
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Seed round open - inventory forecasting for D2C brands, $8M ARR

Stage
Seed
Raising
$8M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$8M ARR after 21 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

$8M ARR after 21 months. Looking for investors who know developer tools and can help with regulatory approvals.

Bengaluru, Indiagrowthcontenteducation
Open

Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Dec 2023 - Present
    Verge Works · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Raised $11 million across 2 rounds.
    • Signed 123 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises.
    • Took Verge Works from zero to $1 million ARR.
  2. Senior Account Executive
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
    Intuit · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Signed 27 channel partners that now source 43% of pipeline.
    • Shortened the enterprise sales cycle from 11 months to 4.
  3. Sales Development Representative
    Oct 2019 - Jan 2022
    Groww · 2 yr 3 mo · Contract · Bengaluru, India
    • Opened 6 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. IIIT Bangalore
    M.Tech, Economics
    2021 - 2023
  2. IIT Kharagpur
    B.Tech, Economics
    2014 - 2018

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