Find your path to Vivek
371 people in our graph share verified history with Vivek — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Mike ZakunlockedVivek: together at Cornell (2015–2016)
×3Vivek: together at Northwestern University
×2Vivek: together at MindBody
×3Vivek: together at Cornell
About
Vivek Sudarsan is CEO and co-founder of Avina. Previously, he served as Chief Product Officer at Bowtie, which was acquired by Mindbody, where he contributed to scaling the product post-acquisition.
CEO & Co-Founder at AvinaYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Vivek went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Avina's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Vivek can intro founders to Avina's investors below.
Avina's investors · 4
Co-founders at Avina
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Mike WangFounder
Experience
- Avina (YC S22)CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
- Avina (YC S22)CPO & Co-Founder2023 — 2025New York, NY
- MindbodyProduct2019 — 2021New York, NY
- Bowtie.aiCPO & Co-Founder (Acquired by Mindbody)2016 — 2019New York, NY
- NielsenProduct Lead, Buy CTO Research & Development2014 — 2016New York City, NY
- NielsenWatch Associate, Emerging Leaders Program2012 — 2013New York City, NY
Skills & more
Python8Swift7Natural Language Processing7Machine Learning4JavaScript5PostgreSQL4Django2User Interface Design4Photoshop3HTML3iOS1CSS1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vivek Sudarsan?
- Vivek Sudarsan is CEO and co-founder of Avina. Previously, he served as Chief Product Officer at Bowtie, which was acquired by Mindbody, where he contributed to scaling the product post-acquisition.
- Where does Vivek Sudarsan work?
- Vivek Sudarsan is CEO & Co-Founder of Avina.
- What companies did Vivek Sudarsan found?
- Vivek Sudarsan founded Avina.
- Where did Vivek Sudarsan go to school?
- Vivek Sudarsan studied at Y Combinator; Cornell University (Master's degree, Computer Science); Northwestern University (Bachelor's degree, Economics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Cornell mafia535
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
John ZimmerBSFounded LyftDavid SteinbergBAFounded Restorbio +3Hanson S. Gifford, IIIBSMEFounded Miramar Labs +3Emin Gun SirerAssociate ProfessorFounded Ava Labs +3Uri LopatinBAFounded Assemblybio +2Aniq RahmanB.S.Founded Ucmdigitalhealth +2
+ 528 more
Northwestern University mafia239
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Osman KhanBAFounded Paddle 8 +3Chris SchuhDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Xtalic +2Paulo FontesExecutive Program, Business & Management for Transplant LeadershipFounded UPMC +2Jeff HinckBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Vertical Insure +1Shelby ClarkBSFounded RelayRides +1Jeffrey LiuBachelor of Science - BSFounded Guavapass +1
+ 232 more
Nielsen mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Cesar CarvalhoAccount executiveFounded Wellhub +1Scott McKinleyExecutive Vice President, Client ServiceFounded Truthset +1Samyr A. QureshiMarket Research InterviewerFounded Knack +1Louis Jin DieselGlobal eCommerce OpsFounded Lineus MedicalAneel RanadiveProduct ManagerFounded SomacapEric BoscoChief Product OfficerFounded Choicestream
+ 15 more
MindBody mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Fritz LanmanChief Executive OfficerFounded Dwnld +1Corey KossackVice President & GM, FrederickFounded Aspireship +1Rick StollmeyerExecutive Chair & Board DirectorFounded InspiredflightMike WangEngineering LeadFounded AvinaMolly AbbottProduct Marketing ManagerFounded ConstructableCourt CunninghamBoard MemberFounded Orchard (formerly Perch)
+ 1 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Cornell University1,413
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder Collective
+ 1,407 more
Also attended Northwestern University713
Mikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupAnna WangAssociate at March Capital Partners
+ 707 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Avina (YC S22)2
Also worked at Mindbody32
Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersEric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Gail GoodmanSpecial Advisor at Data Point CapitalTyler NewtonManaging Partner at Catalyst InvestorsRyan McNallyCo-Founder & Senior Advisor at Catalyst InvestorsAbby LevyManaging Partner & Co-Founder at Primetime Partners
+ 26 more
Also worked at Bowtie.ai1
Also worked at Nielsen93
Daniel van der MerweSenior Director at JMI EquityAndrew HongVenture Partner at Ff Venture CapitalAndrew FurmanSoftware Developer at Asymmetric Capital PartnersDan PfeilAssociate at Energy Capital VenturesMark BlakeStrategy & Corporate Development Leader at Joyance PartnersCalvin PoonExecutive Director at The Spartan Group
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