About
Tejas Bala has spent over 12 years in product and growth roles at startups. He founded Atmana in 2020 to address compulsive technology use among young people.
Founder at AtmanaYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Tejas went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Tejas can intro founders to Atmana's investors below.
Atmana's investors · 2
Experience
- AtmanaFounder & CEOcurrent2021 — present
- Exploring startup ideasEntrepreneur2018 — 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Capital FloatProduct Manager2016 — 2017Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- PractoAsst. Product Manager - growth2015 — 2016Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- PractoGrowth Hacker2014 — 2015Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Godot MediaBusiness Analyst2013 — 2014Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Stanford UniversityStudent - Technology Entrepreneurship (Online Course)2012
- Reliance Industries Limited.,Graduate Engineer Trainee2011 — 2012Greater Rajkot Area
Education
- National Institute of Technology KarnatakaBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Engineering2007 — 2011
- Symbiosis Centre for Distance LearningPGDBA, Finance & Marketing2012 — 2015
Skills & more
Product Management16Growth Hacking7Digital Marketing11SEO9Product Marketing2Business Analysis8Team Management2Search Engine Optimization (SEO)3Analytics7
- Duolingo Spanish Fluency: Elementary (Estimated) — Duolingo
- Technology Entrepreneurship - Online Course — Stanford University
- NSE Certified Capital Market Professional (NCCMP) — NSE India
- Google Adwords Certification — Google
From Tejas's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
Stanford University mafia721
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded Manas AI +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Mojo VisionAnsuman SatpathyAssistant ProfessorFounded Santa Ana Bio +2Dan SirokerB.S.Founded Limitless +2
+ 714 more
National Institute of Technology Karnataka mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Varun BoriahBachelor of TechnologyFounded LullySanchal RanjanBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded ZiffyHomesRahul AnandBachelor's of technologyFounded KorrAINithin SontiBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded BrowserOSNikhil SontiBtechFounded BrowserOSSupreet DeshpandeBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Synthio Labs
+ 1 more
Same school
Also attended National Institute of Technology Karnataka21
Anandhi GokhaleInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgShraya SapruInvestment Analyst at TDK VenturesVivin HegdeFounding Partner, North America at Zacua VenturesHari GantiInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsRajeev MadhavanPartner and Co-Founder at Clear VenturesArjun RaoPartner at Speciale Invest
+ 15 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Capital Float3
Also worked at Practo8
Galina ChifinaCEO & Partner at RTP GlobalSharath Keshava NarayanaGeneral Partner at Carya Venture PartnersAditya KumarAPAC Sales at Aurelia VenturesTarun BhambraFounder at Orange Health LabsDhruv GuptaFounder at Orange Health LabsPiyush NarwaniFounder at Aerotime
+ 2 more
Also worked at Stanford University629
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures
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+ 623 more
Also worked at Reliance Industries Limited.,13
Surbhi GargVice President, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsHarsh MehtaAssociate at BLinC InvestSahil MakkarPartner at India QuotientAkhil AbatChief Operating Officer, NGIF Accelerator; Partner, NGIF Capital at NGIF CapitalPreetha RonyManager – Administration at Ankur CapitalDibyendu RanaVenture Advisor at Z21 Ventures
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