Vivek Iyer

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Founder at Glade Robotics · Agritech

Glade Robotics
Singapore · SGT (UTC+8)
11+ years experience
KAIST
English, Mandarin
RaisingCo-founder
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Overview

I started Glade Robotics to fix agritech for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Took Glade Robotics from zero to $8 million ARR. Grew the team to 103 people across 2 countries. Most at home with content and fintech. Learning woodworking.

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Skills
fintechrural distributioncontentsupply chainagriculture
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Seed round open - freight matching for community banks, $3M ARR

Stage
Seed
Raising
$3M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$200k from operators in the space
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$3M ARR after 22 months
Use of funds
Engineering hires and the first sales team

$3M ARR after 22 months. Looking for investors who know marketplaces and can help with pricing.

Singaporefintechsupply chaincontent
Open
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for an operations co-founder for freight matching for manufacturers in Southeast Asia

The idea
Looking for an operations co-founder for freight matching for manufacturers in Southeast Asia
Stage
Customer interviews
I bring
9 years in agritech
Looking for
Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Singapore or remote

I bring 18 years of agritech (currently Glade Robotics). Ideally you've led a design team. Full-time from day one.

Singaporefintechagriculturesupply chain
Open

Experience

  1. Founder
    Mar 2025 - Present
    Glade Robotics · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Signed 154 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises.
    • Previously built and sold a small agritech company.
    • Raised $18 million across 3 rounds.
  2. Senior Product Manager
    Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
    Ayala Corporation · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 16 days to 4.
  3. Product Manager
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
    Mercari · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
  4. Associate Product Manager
    Jul 2017 - Jan 2019
    Atlassian · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Ran 191 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
    • Took creator activation from 34% to 47% in three quarters.
  5. Group Product Manager
    Dec 2015 - Jul 2017
    Singtel · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Grew creator revenue from $9 million to $26 million ARR.

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Education

  1. KAIST
    BS, Business Administration
    2004 - 2008

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