Ayan Pradhan

Principal at Stonebridge Seed Fund · venture capital, product

Stonebridge Seed Fund

Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

6+ years experience

IIM Lucknow

English, Hindi, Kannada

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6 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Led or co-led 29 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later. Previously at Salesforce. Marathoner (8 so far).

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productventure capitalapplied ML

InvestingLooking to invest

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Writing $25k cheques into seed AI applications in Europe

Cheque size: $25k
Stages: Seed
Sectors: AI applications, fintech
Geographies: India
Lead or follow: Lead
Decision time: One meeting and a partner call
How I help: Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

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Experience

Principal
Mar 2024 - Present
Stonebridge Seed Fund · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
- Sit on 5 boards.
- Backed 44 founders at pre-seed and seed.
Associate Product Manager
Oct 2020 - Mar 2024
Salesforce · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Grew payments revenue from $2 million to $58 million ARR.
- Took payments activation from 24% to 45% in three quarters.

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Education

IIM Lucknow
MBA, Business Administration
2021 - 2023
IIT Madras
B.Tech, Engineering
2015 - 2019

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