About
Karthik Sridharan is co-founder of Impactable.ai, a nonprofit-focused platform that helps organizations find grants and develop proposals, and co-founder of Kendall, an e-commerce analytics and attribution platform for Shopify merchants with more than 250 paying customers. He previously founded and served as CEO of Kinnek, a B2B marketplace connecting small businesses with suppliers, which he led from inception through its acquisition; the company had a team of 65 and supported over 150,000 small-business buyers and 6,000 suppliers. After the acquisition, he joined Amount as Head of Kinnek Business Solutions, where he oversaw post-merger integration and the launch of embedded financing products.
Co-Founder & CEO at Kinnek
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Kinnek's investors · 6
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2013AngelPadSan Francisco · $120K checks · since 2015MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2015Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks · since 2015Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2015Version One VenturesVancouver · $250K – $500K checks · since 2015
Co-founders at Kinnek
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Rui MaExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Impactable.aiCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- OpenSponsorshipBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Genesis BlockBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- KendallCo-Founder2023 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- AmountHead of Kinnek Business Solutions2019 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- KinnekCo-Founder & CEO2011 — 2019New York, New York, United States
- AQR Capital ManagementResearch Associate2007 — 2011Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Skills & more
Early-Stage StartupsPeople OperationsCorporate StrategyQuantitative ResearchQuantitative FinanceFinancial AnalysisPortfolio ManagementEnterprise SoftwareShopifyE-CommerceData ScienceAnalytics
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karthik Sridharan?
- Karthik Sridharan is co-founder of Impactable.ai, a nonprofit-focused platform that helps organizations find grants and develop proposals, and co-founder of Kendall, an e-commerce analytics and attribution platform for Shopify merchants with more than 250 paying customers. He previously founded and served as CEO of Kinnek, a B2B marketplace connecting small businesses with suppliers, which he led from inception through its acquisition; the company had a team of 65 and supported over 150,000 small-business buyers and 6,000 suppliers. After the acquisition, he joined Amount as Head of Kinnek Business Solutions, where he oversaw post-merger integration and the launch of embedded financing products.
- Where does Karthik Sridharan work?
- Karthik Sridharan is Co-Founder & CEO of Kinnek.
- What companies did Karthik Sridharan found?
- Karthik Sridharan founded Kinnek.
- Where did Karthik Sridharan go to school?
- Karthik Sridharan studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science); The Wharton School (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics / Finance).
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