Samreen Usmani

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Partner · AI applications · applied ML

Stonebridge Partners
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
15+ years experience
VIT Vellore
English, Hindi, Marathi
Investing
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Overview

18 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Backed 17 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 14 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later. Before that: Tech Mahindra and Wipro. Jazz piano, badly.

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  • Founders building in platform engineering
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Second opinions on product decisions
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Crypto token projects

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Skills
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InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into Series An AI applications in the US

Cheque size
$500k
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Platform engineering
Geographies
Global
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Happy to follow a strong lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

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Experience

  1. Partner
    Aug 2024 - Present
    Stonebridge Partners · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Grew the developer platform team from 3 to 13 engineers.
    • Mentored 4 engineers through their first promotion.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 29 minutes to under 5.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Sep 2021 - Aug 2024
    Tech Mahindra · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 17.
  3. FP&A Manager
    Mar 2019 - Sep 2021
    Wipro · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $23 million raise.
  4. FP&A Manager
    Sep 2015 - Mar 2019
    Boston Consulting Group · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $293 million raise.
    • Ran diligence on 6 acquisitions.
  5. Finance Director
    Jan 2012 - Sep 2015
    InMobi · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 16.

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Education

  1. VIT Vellore
    B.Tech, Business Administration
    2004 - 2008

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