Lavanya Iyer

Overview

Building Verge Bio in Hyderabad - HR software. Grew the team to 28 people across 2 countries. Took Verge Bio from zero to $10 million ARR. Before that: Razorpay and HCLTech. Home cook with strong opinions about biryani.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Aug 2025 - Present
   Verge Bio · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Took Verge Bio from zero to $10 million ARR.
   • Grew the team to 96 people across 5 countries.
   • Raised $26 million across 3 rounds.
2. Product Manager

   May 2022 - Aug 2025
   Razorpay · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Grew logistics revenue from $3 million to $18 million ARR.
3. Director of Product

   Dec 2020 - May 2022
   HCLTech · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Ran 102 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Grew logistics revenue from $3 million to $26 million ARR.
4. Product Manager

   Nov 2018 - Dec 2020
   Walmart Global Tech · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new logistics customers from 18 days to 3.
5. Senior Product Manager

   Sep 2015 - Nov 2018
   Bosch · 3 yr 2 mo · Contract · Hyderabad, India
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.

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Education

1. NIT Surathkal

   B.Tech, Economics
   2005 - 2009