About
Varunram Ganesh is the CEO of Lapis. He previously served as head of growth at Warp, where he established the sales and marketing organization. He has engineering background and conducted technical research on bitcoin at MIT Media Lab.
Founder at LapisYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Varunram went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Lapis's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Varunram can intro founders to Lapis's investors below.
Lapis's investors · 4
Co-founders at Lapis
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Sai SurbeheraCo Founder
Experience
- LapisFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- WarpHead of Growth2023 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- DeskeraGrowth Lead2022 — 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- Montaigne Investment ManagementInvestment Analyst2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- MIT Media LabResearch Engineer2019 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Media LabResearch Intern2018 — 2019Greater Boston
- MIT Media LabStudent Collaborator2017 — 2018
- Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY)Special Projects Manager at Yale Openlab2019 — 2020New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Musicoin FoundationProduct Manager2017 — 2019
Skills & more
Languages English · Hindi · Tamil
From Varunram's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Varunram Ganesh?
- Varunram Ganesh is the CEO of Lapis. He previously served as head of growth at Warp, where he established the sales and marketing organization. He has engineering background and conducted technical research on bitcoin at MIT Media Lab.
- Where does Varunram Ganesh work?
- Varunram Ganesh is Founder of Lapis.
- What companies did Varunram Ganesh found?
- Varunram Ganesh founded Lapis.
- Where did Varunram Ganesh go to school?
- Varunram Ganesh studied at Y Combinator; Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business (Master of Management Studies, Business Administration and Management); National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (Bachelor of Technology, Production Engineering).
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