About
Anurup Ganguli is the founder of WorkManga, a voice-first work management platform. A graduate of IIT, he previously worked on warehouse optimization and category growth at Flipkart before completing a PhD in biotechnology, where he co-developed technologies for cancer research and infectious disease diagnostics associated with over 50 patents and 30 publications. He later founded VedaBio (formerly LabSimply), which went through Y Combinator and raised more than $40 million in Series A funding, and built tribl shopping, a grocery delivery app serving customers in San Diego.
Founder at VedaBioYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Anurup went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran VedaBio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Anurup can intro founders to VedaBio's investors below.
Experience
- WorkMangaFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Diego County, California, United States
- VedaBioCo-Foundercurrent2021 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
- VedaBioCo-Founder and CEO2021 — 2024San Diego, California, United States
- TriblFounder2024 — 2025San Diego County, California, United States
- National Science Foundation (NSF)Diagnostics and medical devices Grant Reviewer for SBIR/STTR2019 — 2022United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignResearch Scientist2020 — 2021United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPostdoctoral Scholar2019 — 2020Urbana-Champaign Area
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPHD2014 — 2019Urbana-Champaign Area
- Y CombinatorFounder2021
- Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurProject Associate at Micro Systems Fabrication Lab2013 — 2014Greater Lucknow Area
- FlipkartBusiness Analyst2013Bangalore
- Western UniversitySummer Internship2012Canada
Skills & more
Medtech product development1Biotechnology2Laboratory Skills1PhysicsAlgorithmsMechanical EngineeringProgramming5Matlab7Experimental Design
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Anurup Ganguli?
- Anurup Ganguli is the founder of WorkManga, a voice-first work management platform. A graduate of IIT, he previously worked on warehouse optimization and category growth at Flipkart before completing a PhD in biotechnology, where he co-developed technologies for cancer research and infectious disease diagnostics associated with over 50 patents and 30 publications. He later founded VedaBio (formerly LabSimply), which went through Y Combinator and raised more than $40 million in Series A funding, and built tribl shopping, a grocery delivery app serving customers in San Diego.
- Where does Anurup Ganguli work?
- Anurup Ganguli is Founder of VedaBio.
- What companies did Anurup Ganguli found?
- Anurup Ganguli founded VedaBio.
- Where did Anurup Ganguli go to school?
- Anurup Ganguli studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science (M.S.), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering).
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