Saba Sara Merchant

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Founder & CEO at Slate Studio | ex-MakeMyTrip

Slate Studio
Chandigarh, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
14+ years experience
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
English, Hindi, Punjabi
Raising
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Overview

Founder & CEO of Slate Studio, working on developer tooling. Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company. Signed 243 paying customers, 15 of them enterprises. Before that: MakeMyTrip and HCLTech. Most at home with product and Rust. Yoga every morning.

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  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Working sessions on Rust
  • Second opinions on product decisions
  • Early customers and design partners
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  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Paid accelerator offers
  • Offshore staffing offers
Skills
productcommunitydeveloper toolsRust
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $1M pre-seed for school fee payments for dental practices

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$1M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$515k from operators in the space
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
22% month-on-month growth after 18 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

22% month-on-month growth after 18 months. Looking for investors who know healthtech and can help with regulatory approvals.

Chandigarh, India · remote OKproductdeveloper toolsrust
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Aug 2023 - Present
    Slate Studio · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Signed 159 paying customers, 21 of them enterprises.
    • Took Slate Studio from zero to $2 million ARR.
  2. Engagement Manager
    Dec 2019 - Aug 2023
    MakeMyTrip · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Delivered 12 engagements across 6 countries.
  3. Business Analyst
    Aug 2017 - Dec 2019
    HCLTech · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Shipped 27 launches on the storage team without a rollback.
  4. Business Analyst
    Aug 2014 - Aug 2017
    Intuit · 3 yr · Contract · Chandigarh, India
    • Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 880ms to 125ms.
  5. Senior Consultant
    Mar 2013 - Aug 2014
    Asian Paints · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
    • Delivered 16 engagements across 3 countries.

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Education

  1. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
    MBA, Business Administration
    2008 - 2010
  2. VIT Vellore
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2000 - 2004

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