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Vivek Subramanian

Investor

Partner at Goodwater Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

About

Vivek Subramanian is an Investing Partner and Chief Product Officer at Goodwater Capital, where he focuses on India and eCommerce investments and oversees the in-house software and data science teams building the firm's investing platform. He previously helped scale Sonder's hospitality business internationally and served as Head of Product at Coupang, where he supported its shift from a daily deals site to a vertically integrated eCommerce and delivery business. He also co-founded CalmSea, a marketing SaaS company later acquired by Coupang.

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Invests in

E-commerce

Experience

  1. Goodwater CapitalPartner & Chief Product Officercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. ZeptoInvestor & Board Observercurrent2023 — presentIndia
  3. Weee!Investor & Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  4. Pocket FMInvestor & Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  5. SeekhoInvestor and Board Observercurrent2025 — present
  6. MEGAInvestor and Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  7. STAGEInvestor & Board Membercurrent2024 — present
  8. TeachmintInvestor & Board Observercurrent2021 — presentIndia
  9. ReframeInvestor & Board Membercurrent2022 — present
  10. Sonder Inc.SVP Product and Engineering2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  11. CoupangSr Vice President / Head of Product2013 — 2017Seoul, South Korea
  12. CalmSea IncCo-Founder, Vice President of Products2009 — 2013Mountain View, California
  13. Oracle CorporationSenior Principal Product Manager2006 — 2009
  14. Oracle CorporationSenior Software Engineer2003 — 2006
  15. InventesSoftware Engineer2002 — 2003Austin, Texas
  16. INRIA Research Labs, Sophia Antipolis, FranceResearch Intern2001

Education

  1. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA, Entrepreneurship and Strategy2009 — 2012
  2. The University of Texas at AustinM.S, Computer Science
  3. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniB.E (Hons), Computer Science & MSc(hons) Chemistry
  4. Padma Seshadri

Skills & more

Strategy7Big Data7Product Management27Predictive Analytics9Enterprise Software34Go-to-market Strategy10Social Media Marketing5CRM15Marketing Automation6Business Intelligence14SaaS27Analytics18
+10 moreCloud ComputingEntrepreneurshipDistributed SystemsProduct MarketingMobile ApplicationsOnline MarketingScalabilityProduct DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsE-commerce

From Vivek's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin247

Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures

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Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani71

SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesSanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneRishabh KaulVenture Partner at Hoxton VenturesSanjeev KumarVenture Partner at FusionYash SankrityayanManaging Partner, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at Lightbox

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Shared employers

Also worked at Pocket FM2

Sankalp GuptaManaging Partner at Tanglin Venture PartnersDev KharePartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Also worked at MEGA1

Wayne HuPartner at SignalFire

Also worked at Sonder Inc.7

Nabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyCecilia NgPartner, Talent & People at MVP VenturesMatt MocharyInvestor at Fortius VenturesRon HirsonVenture Partner at Founders Circle CapitalDinar AhmedPartner at BDC Venture CapitalIsaac SouweinePartner at Pender Ventures

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Also worked at Coupang14

David FrankelSeed Stage Venture Capital in the United StatesBrad KotanskyVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalCindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesJai ChoiSenior Advisor at Partech VenturesAdam NguyenExecutive Director, Southeast Asia at Sora VenturesEric KimCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital

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Colleagues at Goodwater Capital

Chi-Hua Chien
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital
Clarissa Barquist
Investor at Goodwater Capital
Coddy Johnson
Partner at Goodwater Capital
Eric Kim
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital
Gaelen Hendrickson
Investor at Goodwater Capital
Jin Oh
Partner at Goodwater Capital
Luis Echeverria
Principal at Goodwater Capital
Matt Gibstein
Vice President at Goodwater Capital