Vandana Deepika Pandey

Overview

Founder of Granite Energy (developer tooling). 14 years of building before that. Took Granite Energy from zero to $3 million ARR. Before that: Microsoft and Zerodha. Learning Japanese, slowly.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Mar 2022 - Present
   Granite Energy · 4 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Signed 355 paying customers, 11 of them enterprises.
   • Raised $19 million across 2 rounds.
2. Group Product Manager

   Mar 2020 - Mar 2022
   Microsoft · 2 yr · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Launched the creator product in 9 markets.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 12 days to 4.
3. Director of Product

   Feb 2017 - Mar 2020
   Zerodha · 3 yr 1 mo · Contract · Noida, India
   • Grew creator revenue from $9 million to $34 million ARR.
4. Senior Product Manager

   Jun 2014 - Feb 2017
   Mphasis · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Launched the creator product in 3 markets.
5. Principal Product Manager

   Oct 2012 - Jun 2014
   Cisco · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Led or co-led 9 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.

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Education

1. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

   B.A., Business Administration
   2007 - 2011