Vaibhav Gaurav Bapat

Overview

I've spent 17 years on marketplaces - first at Zomato, now at Mastercard. Ran 143 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Before that: Hindustan Unilever and Boston Consulting Group. Most at home with unit economics and matching.

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Experience

1. Principal Product Manager

   Jun 2022 - Present
   Mastercard · 4 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Backed 17 founders at pre-seed and seed.
   • Led or co-led 10 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.
2. Product Manager

   Apr 2020 - Jun 2022
   Hindustan Unilever · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Took marketplace activation from 34% to 49% in three quarters.
   • Launched the marketplace product in 12 markets.
3. Group Product Manager

   Mar 2017 - Apr 2020
   Boston Consulting Group · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Launched the marketplace product in 14 markets.
4. Associate Product Manager

   Dec 2014 - Mar 2017
   Razorpay · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 20 days to 2.
5. Product Manager

   Aug 2011 - Dec 2014
   Zomato · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Grew marketplace revenue from $4 million to $56 million ARR.
   • Ran 167 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

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Education

1. IIM Lucknow

   MBA, Business Administration
   2009 - 2011
2. IIT Kharagpur

   B.Tech, Economics
   2004 - 2008