Dev Nikhil Iyer

Principal, Meridian Capital - marketplaces · venture capital · brands

Meridian Capital

San Francisco, CA · PT (UTC-8)

9+ years experience

MIT

English

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Principal at Meridian Capital, backing consumer companies. Backed 57 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: American Express and Oracle. Most at home with marketplaces and venture capital. I tinker with 3D printers.

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venture capitalmarketplacesbrands

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Principal
Jan 2025 - Present
Meridian Capital · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
- Backed 27 founders at pre-seed and seed.
- Sit on 2 boards.
Associate Product Manager
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
American Express · 2 yr · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 21 days to 1.
- Ran 125 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
Group Product Manager
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Oracle · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 17 days to 3.
Senior Product Manager
Dec 2017 - Aug 2019
Robinhood · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Took marketplace activation from 35% to 44% in three quarters.
- Ran 146 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

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Education

MIT
SB, Economics
2013 - 2017

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