About
Vardhan Dharnidharka is an investor at Stellaris focused on AI. He previously spent over a decade in engineering, leading teams at Lyft and ClickUp and building search and recommendation systems at Bloomberg, with a focus on scaling AI/ML products.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechFintechHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- Stellaris Venture PartnersPrincipalcurrent2024 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- ShiftsmartDirector of Engineering2023 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
- ClickUpHead of AI/ML2023
- LyftSenior Engineering Manager2019 — 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- LyftStaff Machine Learning engineer2018 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- Bloomberg LPSenior Software Engineer - Machine Learning2015 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
- Bloomberg LPFinancial Software Developer - Search & Discoverability2011 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
- Biogen IdecSummer Intern2010
Skills & more
LeadershipTeam ManagementMachine Learning15Data Mining6Java6Big Data1Information RetrievalProblem Solving2MapReduce1Python1C++3Hadoop2
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OozieApache PigJavaScriptCData AnalysisMatlabStatisticsMarket ResearchSQL- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
- Machine Learning — Coursera Course Certificates
From Vardhan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Aishwarya Makkar
Chief of Staff at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Akshita Agrawal
Finance at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Alok Goyal
Investor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Ishita Agarwal
Investor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Joveena Abreo
Marketing at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Kunj Bhujwala
Talent Acquisition at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Mayank Jain
Investor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Naman Jain
Investor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vardhan Dharnidharka?
- Vardhan Dharnidharka is an investor at Stellaris focused on AI. He previously spent over a decade in engineering, leading teams at Lyft and ClickUp and building search and recommendation systems at Bloomberg, with a focus on scaling AI/ML products.
- Where does Vardhan Dharnidharka work?
- Vardhan Dharnidharka is Investor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp.
- What does Vardhan Dharnidharka invest in?
- Vardhan Dharnidharka invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- Where did Vardhan Dharnidharka go to school?
- Vardhan Dharnidharka studied at Carnegie Mellon University (MS, Computational Biology); RV College Of Engineering (B.E., Biotechnology).
Same school
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University410
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Also attended RV College Of Engineering24
Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAnu BharadwajPresident, Atlassian at Operator CollectiveNarendra BhandariGeneral Partner at SeafundAravind RatnamChief Strategy Office, Q-Ctrl at SeafundAshok RampalliChief of Staff / Analyst at Dallas Venture CapitalJay KrishnanPartner & Head of India Investment Groups at Beyond Next Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Shiftsmart1
Also worked at ClickUp11
Michael RobinsonInvestor at Craft VenturesDan MoorInvestor at Craft VenturesAlex ClaytonPartner at Meritech Capital PartnersAaron CortOperating Partner, Marketing & Growth at Craft VenturesRok GregoričFounder/CTO at DubjoyIvan KanevskiFounder/CEO at Slapdash
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Also worked at Lyft96
Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldLogan GreenCo-founder of LyftJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftDarcy YeeMarketing and Communications at Menlo VenturesPierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at DaphniManish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Bloomberg LP153
Reed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixEric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAllison PavlickInvestor Relations Principal at S32Adriana RocheHead of Talent at Uncork Capital
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