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Vivas Kumar

Founder

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Mitra Chem

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedMitra Chem

About

Vivas Kumar is the CEO and co-founder of Mitra Chem, a company focused on energy materials and domestic manufacturing. He previously served as a senior manager on Tesla's Battery Team, where he led commercial negotiations for battery materials supply chain contracts. He holds engineering degrees from Rice University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Tamil, and basic Mandarin.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Mitra Chem

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Mitra Chem's investors · 6

Alpha Wave GlobalMiamiEarthshot VenturesSydney · $100K – $5M checksFontinalis PartnersDetroit · $250K – $5M checksGS FuturesSeoulScribble VenturesPortola Valley · $750K – $1.5M checksSwordfish InvestmentsLondon

Co-founders at Mitra Chem

CGChirranjeevi Gopal
Chirranjeevi GopalChief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
WCWilliam Chueh
William ChuehDirector, Co-Founder, and Chief Scientific Advisor

Experience

  1. Mitra ChemCEO and Co-Foundercurrent2021 — presentMountain View, California, United States
  2. Stanford UniversityGuest Lecturercurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  3. The 21 FundInvestorcurrent2021 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  4. LookthroughMember - Advisory Boardcurrent2020 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  5. A10 Investimentos e AssessoriaSenior Advisorcurrent2019 — presentGreater São Paulo Area
  6. Benchmark Mineral IntelligenceAdvisor2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  7. Benchmark Mineral IntelligencePrincipal2019 — 2021London, United Kingdom
  8. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA Candidate2019 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
  9. TeslaBattery Supply Chain2017 — 2019Palo Alto, CA
  10. TeslaProgram Manager - Supply Chain Automation2016 — 2017Fremont, CA
  11. McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consultant2015 — 2016Houston | Auckland, New Zealand
  12. Engineers Without Borders-USA/Engineers Without Borders-InternationalChief of Staff to the Executive Director2014 — 2015New York | Denver

Skills & more

Project Management89Engineering85Entrepreneurship71Data Analysis26Public Speaking17Management11Engineering Design7Leadership12Microsoft Excel5International Development3

Languages Chinese · English · Portuguese · Spanish · Tamil

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Vivas Kumar?
Vivas Kumar is the CEO and co-founder of Mitra Chem, a company focused on energy materials and domestic manufacturing. He previously served as a senior manager on Tesla's Battery Team, where he led commercial negotiations for battery materials supply chain contracts. He holds engineering degrees from Rice University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Tamil, and basic Mandarin.
Where does Vivas Kumar work?
Vivas Kumar is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Mitra Chem.
What companies did Vivas Kumar found?
Vivas Kumar founded Mitra Chem.
Where did Vivas Kumar go to school?
Vivas Kumar studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Rice University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical & Computer Engineering); Georgia Institute of Technology (Non-degree graduate-level coursework, Computer Science).

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