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Parambil

Parambil is an Al-powered knowledge platform built for tort law.

Products on market include automatic case validation, medical chronologies, complaints, fact sheets and more...

Advisor

Hive Hatch

A small portfolio of early stage investments in awesome founders

Managing Partner

Techstars

Actively engage in programs to provide hands in operational knowledge & help founders proactively look around the corners as best I can.

Mentor

Techstars Catalyst Program 

As an EIR, I help founders cut through the noise and focus on practical steps that move their startups forward. I work with them to clarify their challenges, navigate next steps, and connect with the right people — whether it’s technical experts, business mentors, or potential partners — so they can approach each stage of growth with confidence and the right support.

A product studio to support the development and launching of venture-scale businesses with the support of corporate partners.

Chief Product Officer (Studio)

Get Structure

Operations as a service for venture-backed founders.

The financial visibility needed to be a data-driven decision maker. We take care the financial operations so founders can lead their business more effectively.

- Accounting & Bookkeeping
- Corporate Setup & Entity Compliance
- Planning & Budgets
- Financial Performance Reviews
- Financial & Data Room Organization
- Mentor Support & Guidance

Co-founder & CEO

Joy Labs

The venture studio we’d always talked about. Enabling design and development of computer software, inventing a new experiences, and enabling communications between everyone with trust and empowerment.

Co-founder & COO

Memo

Co-Founder & COO

SendGrid

IPO (SEND) in 2017 & later Acquired by Twilio (TWLO)

A corporate product studio focused on Product R&D (Horizon 2 & 3) in/validating next generation products for our customers to love and value. 

- Multi-channel marketing automation, workflows, APIs and applications
- Data replication & transformation APIs and applications
- Cloud-based load testing platform for APIs and applications
- IOT device deployment and messaging framework
- Email Advertising platform and APIs for multichannel display ad campaigns
- DSP / CDP design, architecture & integrations

VP Product (Studio / R&D)

Stray Labs

Acquired by SendGrid.

A product studio for developer tools/services.

Founder & CEO

RatePoint, Inc

RatePoint, founded with other former GeoTrust co-founders to help small businesses collect, manage and promote consumer driven reviews & feedback.

Operators of local business email and survey platforms to support local business growth
Designed and operated reputation api/knowledge graph for local businesses
Designed & Powered API first likeness & recommendation engine for SaaS integration

Co-founder & CTO

7x Founder, 3 exits, early vp @ SendGrid responsible for Product R&D (product studio/lab) through our IPO & acquisition by Twilio. I've launched & operated 4 very different product studios, including Techstars Studio where I served as Chief Product Officer. Back in the day I'd been a co-founder of an ISP and multiple security companies.

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