About
Former SVP of Growth at Hotstar where he scaled subscriptions past 40 million users and built an ad-tech stack generating $200M in revenue; previously led product at Indus OS and founded gaming startup Wings Intellect (exited). An active angel investor in over 100 startups, he holds a B.Tech from IIT Bombay.
Experience
- Unannounced ventureFoundercurrent2026 β presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- HighspotArchitect2024 β 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
- Falkon AICTO & Co-founder2019 β 2025Seattle, Washington
- DropboxHead of Engineering - Search, Content Retrieval, Mobile and Web applications2018 β 2019Seattle, WA
- DropboxSenior Engineering Manager2013 β 2018Seattle, WA
- Familiar Inc.Principal Engineer2011 β 2013Seattle, WA
- MicrosoftPrincipal Development Lead, Xbox Live2011Redmond, WA
- MicrosoftPrincipal Development Lead, Windows Live Mesh cloud services2009 β 2011Redmond, WA
- MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer2001 β 2009Redmond, WA
Education
- National University of SingaporeBS with Honors, Computer Science1997 β 2001
Skills & more
Android4Java1C#4SQL4Microsoft SQL Server3REST2Hadoop1Visual Studio1Ruby on Rails1C++.NETRuby
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Android SDKManagementAndroid DevelopmentDistributed SystemsScalabilitySoftware EngineeringCloud ComputingWin32 APIWeb ServicesMobile DevicesMultithreadingSoftware DesignLanguages English Β· German Β· Gujarati Β· Hindi Β· Marathi
- Computer Graphics β University of Washington
From Aakash's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended National University of Singapore226
Justin HallPartner at Golden Gate VenturesMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionCeline XiaoInvestor at DN CapitalSofia DahouneInvestor at DaphniYi Min LohInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsSean LooInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal Investments
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Shared employers
Also worked at Highspot7
Karly WentzPartner at B4 CapitalMatt GarrattGeneral Partner at US Venture PartnersElisa La CavaPrincipal at Trilogy Equity PartnersRashmi GopinathGeneral Partner at B Capital GroupRavi MohanManaging Director at Shasta VenturesCole MoraAnalyst at Struck Capital
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Also worked at Falkon AI1
Also worked at Dropbox78
Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesRachel HansenInvestor at Index VenturesHelen MinEarly-stage investor and marketing advisor to startups
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Also worked at Microsoft626
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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