I build and grow consumer apps people actually stick with.
I also have a tendency to bite off more than I can chew, but I attribute much of my success to this trait.
Born in India. Built and exited a fitness business (RMB 15m, 7 locations) in China. Took a German startup from $40m to a $200m Series C. Then grew Flamme - an AI relationship app 200k+ couples actually used - and sold it to Arya in a multi-million dollar exit. Now all-in on Agniverse, growth universe for consumer apps.
Currently moving between NYC (for work), Europe (for love) & India (for family).
What I'm doing right now
- 💻 Founder at Agniverse, Founder at Flamme (acquired by Arya), Lead Mentor at Techstars & Oneday
- 🪐 Agniverse - the growth universe for consumer apps
- Handler - vibe marketing agent to go viral on tiktok 🚀
- Agni Media - full-funnel UGC growth agency 📈
- 🛠️ also built: Flamme, DatingX, Backed AI, Type of Lovers
- 📕 Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, The Daily Stoic, Fourth Wing
- 🏋🏽♂️ Half Marathon Training, Hyrox Sub 1:10, 4x Strength Protocol
- 🥫 Shop my sauce: Growth Consulting, Tiktok Farming Playbook, AI Content Creation Guide & More 🔥
More to know about me
- 💻 Previously Operator at $200m Series C Scaleup, Partner at ¥15m Wellness Startup
- 🗞️ Featured on Techcrunch, Business Insider, CNBC, CNN & my mum’s wall
- 🎓 Exec Education at Stanford GSB, MBA at IESE, AI & ML at MIT
- 🗣 English, Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish & un peu Français
- 📍 United States, Europe, China and India
Cool stuff I've done
- 🦸🏽♂️ Grew Flamme into an AI relationship app 200k+ couples actually used - then sold it to Arya in a multi-million dollar exit. The whole deal started with one cold LinkedIn DM, which Business Insider wrote up.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Saved my company from dying by mastering TikTok farming, generating 50M+ organic views in the process.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Built and exited a wellness startup in China, scaling it to 7 locations, ¥15m ARR and 20,000+ members while managing 50 direct reports and learning Mandarin on the go.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Designed a date night planning app for couples called Sparks, growing it 900% WoW post-launch to 10k MAUs, entirely organic. Pivoted due to poor retention and an unfought cease & desist
- 🦸🏽♂️ Facilitated the growth of a HaaS scaleup past $100m ARR, ensuring everything held together while going from a $40m Series B to a $200m Series C. Sealed the deal with the COO over a calisthenics workout and Thai food.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Brought my “Silicon Valley” dream to life by convincing TechCrunch to let us pitch at Disrupt Startup Battlefield, and then convinced them to feature us, twice.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Boosted D30 retention from 0.8% to 4.2% to ~50% on Flamme by identifying the core game mechanic and building habit loops around it, resulting in this beautiful smile:
- 🦸🏽♂️ Organized the closing event for the inaugural NYC Tech Week in 2022 & the opening event for TechCrunch Disrupt in 2024.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Spread "gyaan" at a lot of places - Techstars, Stanford LISA, Oneday, TechCrunch Disrupt, GDI New York, GDI Mumbai, App Growth Summit Europe, AIESEC, University of Essex, IESE Business School, UIBE China and others.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Built a community of over 500 fitness peeps during COVID and organized over 100 pro bono wellness initiatives - one of the most fun things I’ve ever done.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Went from an overweight kid to a professional bodybuilder, earning multiple medals in international competitions. PRs: Squat 180/395, Bench 140/310, Deadlift 200/440.
- 🦸🏽♂️ Won first prize in a nationwide chili pepper eating contest, surviving four 1mn Scoville Yunnan Shabu Shabus in the final.
Some gyaan
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That’ll be it for now, so long and thanks for all the fish! 🐟 🫶🏽
💭 "Sometimes to take two steps forward, you have to take one step back."
💭 "Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."
💭 "Before the brightest day lies the darkest night."
💭 "I love Rotisserie Chicken."
💭 "ffs, not again."