Prasad Karthikeyan

Overview

I invest in B2B SaaS at Sandstone Growth, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Sit on 2 boards. Most at home with venture capital and pricing. I read too many books about cities.

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Experience

1. Principal

   Nov 2023 - Present
   Sandstone Growth · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Led or co-led 19 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Backed 32 founders at pre-seed and seed.
   • Previously an operator for 12 years before investing.
2. Associate Product Manager

   May 2021 - Nov 2023
   Morgan Stanley · 2 yr 6 mo · Contract · Bengaluru, India
   • Ran 118 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
3. Product Manager

   Jul 2018 - Feb 2021
   ITC · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
   • Launched the payments product in 8 markets.
4. Director of Product

   Oct 2016 - Jul 2018
   Mastercard · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Took payments activation from 22% to 56% in three quarters.

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Education

1. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

   B.Tech, Engineering
   2012 - 2016