Asha Neha Iyer

Overview

Principal at Monsoon Growth, backing consumer companies. Led or co-led 6 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later. Backed 47 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Ayala Corporation and Maybank. Most at home with marketplaces and brands. Learning to draw.

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Experience

1. Principal

   Jul 2025 - Present
   Monsoon Growth · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Sit on 6 boards.
   • Led or co-led 29 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Backed 52 founders at pre-seed and seed.
2. Associate Product Manager

   Jul 2023 - Jul 2025
   Ayala Corporation · 2 yr · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Took marketplace activation from 21% to 56% in three quarters.
   • Killed 7 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
3. Senior Product Manager

   Apr 2021 - Apr 2023
   Maybank · 2 yr · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Ran 99 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Took marketplace activation from 34% to 40% in three quarters.
4. Senior Product Manager

   Jul 2019 - Apr 2021
   Carousell · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
5. Group Product Manager

   Oct 2016 - Jul 2019
   Globe Telecom · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 16 days to 1.
   • Launched the marketplace product in 5 markets.

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Education

1. Kyoto University

   BSc, Business Administration
   2012 - 2016