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Siddharth GuptaunlockedKanika: together at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2014–2015)
×4Kanika: together at Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics
×3Kanika: together at VC Lab
×3Kanika: together at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
About
Kanika Choudhary is Chief of Staff at peopleIX, with a background in investment banking and finance followed by roughly a decade working with early-stage startups on operations, growth, and go-to-market strategy across sectors including B2B SaaS, AI, food tech, legal tech, and deep tech. She hosts Built by Her, a podcast featuring interviews with women building teams, companies, and funds, and invests as an angel in early-stage, women-led startups. Her current focus includes agentic workflows, automation, and applied AI.
Chief of Staff at People IX
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Nick StodtCo-Founder
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Dr. Georg SchaalCo-Founder
Experience
- peopleIXChief of Staffcurrent2026 — present
- peopleIXHead of Growth2025Germany
- peopleIXFounders Associate2024 — 2025Germany
- Built by herPodcast Hostcurrent2024 — present
- VC LabFellow2025
- The TrailblazerFounder2021 — 2024Berlin, Germany
- GoGroupEntrepreneur in Residence2023Berlin, Germany
- The BreakFellow2023Spain
- What The FoodMarketing Lead2022Berlin, Germany
- CBS International Business SchoolUniversity Lecturer2021 — 2022Germany
- RestructumBrand & Online Marketing Manager2021 — 2022Germany
- Schultze & BraunOnline Marketer2020 — 2022Hamburg, Germany
- ABOUT YOU GmbHIntern in CRM2020Hamburg, Germany
- TOMRA Systems ASAWorking Student in Digitization2019 — 2020Cologne Bonn Region
- ABOUT YOU GmbHPerformance Marketing Intern2019Greater Hamburg Area
- globaleyez GmbHDigital Marketing Intern2019Cologne Bonn Region
- Bondwell Corporate Advisors Pvt. Ltd.Investment Banking Associate2017 — 2018Mumbai, India
- PricewaterhouseCoopersAuditor2014 — 2017Mumbai, India
Skills & more
Venture Financing2Due Diligence2Venture Capital2Start-up VenturesFundraising2Growth Strategies2Revenue & Profit Growth2Business ExpansionStrategic Planning for GrowthWeb3CryptoBlockchain
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Project ManagementMulti-functionalFinancial LiteracyC-LevelKPI ReportingBudget ManagementStrategic CommunicationsCross-functional Problem SolvingFinancial PlanningBusiness DevelopmentGuest LecturingUniversity TeachingLanguages English · German · Hindi
- VC Fellowship — VC Lab
- The Break Fellowship — Impact Hub Madrid
- Adobe Illustrator CS — Udemy
- Adobe XD — Udemy
- Adobe InDesign CC — Udemy
- Advanced Google Analytics — Google
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) — TOEFL
- Google Analytics for Beginners — Google
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- Who is Kanika Choudhary?
- Kanika Choudhary is Chief of Staff at peopleIX, with a background in investment banking and finance followed by roughly a decade working with early-stage startups on operations, growth, and go-to-market strategy across sectors including B2B SaaS, AI, food tech, legal tech, and deep tech. She hosts Built by Her, a podcast featuring interviews with women building teams, companies, and funds, and invests as an angel in early-stage, women-led startups. Her current focus includes agentic workflows, automation, and applied AI.
- Where does Kanika Choudhary work?
- Kanika Choudhary is Chief of Staff at People IX.
- Where did Kanika Choudhary go to school?
- Kanika Choudhary studied at Columbia Business School Executive Education (Venture Capital); CBS International Business School (Master's degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia); Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics (Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Business/Commerce).
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Also attended CBS International Business School16
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Also attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India364
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Shared employers
Also worked at GoGroup1
Also worked at CBS International Business School4
Also worked at Schultze & Braun1
Also worked at ABOUT YOU GmbH9
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