Reshma Gowda

Overview

Partner at Clearwater Capital, backing fintech companies. Backed 10 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 15 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later. Learning to sail.

Experience

1. Partner

   Dec 2025 - Present
   Clearwater Capital · 10 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Grew the ML platform team from 6 to 34 engineers.
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 26 minutes to under 2.
2. Principal Product Manager

   Aug 2023 - Dec 2025
   Microsoft · 2 yr 4 mo · Contract · Chennai, India
   • Sit on 6 boards.
3. Director of Product

   Jan 2020 - Aug 2023
   Intel · 3 yr 7 mo · Contract · Chennai, India
   • Took creator activation from 28% to 46% in three quarters.
   • Launched the creator product in 14 markets.
4. Product Manager

   Jun 2018 - Jan 2020
   Samsung R&D · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Ran 190 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Grew growth revenue from $1 million to $22 million ARR.
5. Director of Product

   Dec 2014 - Jun 2018
   McKinsey & Company · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Launched the logistics product in 3 markets.

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Education

1. Indian Statistical Institute

   M.Stat, Computer Science
   2009 - 2011
2. Anna University

   B.E., Computer Science
   2005 - 2009