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Vivek Sudarsan

Founder

CEO & Co-Founder at Avina

New York, New York, United States

FoundedAvina · YC

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.

LinkedIn ↗

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, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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

Newark Venture PartnersNVP CapitalRRE VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Avina

MWMike Wang
Mike WangFounder

Experience

  1. Avina (YC S22)CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
  2. Avina (YC S22)CPO & Co-Founder2023 — 2025New York, NY
  3. MindbodyProduct2019 — 2021New York, NY
  4. Bowtie.aiCPO & Co-Founder (Acquired by Mindbody)2016 — 2019New York, NY
  5. NielsenProduct Lead, Buy CTO Research & Development2014 — 2016New York City, NY
  6. NielsenWatch Associate, Emerging Leaders Program2012 — 2013New York City, NY

Education

  1. Y Combinator
  2. Cornell UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science2015 — 2016
  3. Northwestern UniversityBachelor's degree, Economics2008 — 2012

Skills & more

Python8Swift7Natural Language Processing7Machine Learning4JavaScript5PostgreSQL4Django2User Interface Design4Photoshop3HTML3iOS1CSS1
+3 moreSketch AppAdobe PhotoshopData Analysis

From Vivek's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Cornell University mafia182

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ryan XueBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded Andco +2Mada SegheteBSFounded Upside +1Natalia BakaevaData-Driven Marketing CertificateFounded cashew +1Euwyn PoonComputer ScienceFounded 3dot +1Phil YuenB.AFounded Aurabeat +1Daryl SewBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Certainly Health +1

+ 175 more

Northwestern University mafia65

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sheridan ClayborneB.S (Dropped Out)Founded Lendtable +1Brad FloraMaster of ScienceFounded Perfect AudienceJeff HinckBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded YardstikGreg HornerBS EngineeringFounded PulzAidThomas HoeghBachelor's degreeFounded GardenstudiosPatrick EggenBachelor of ArtsFounded Counterpart

+ 58 more

MindBody mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Eric LiawDirectorFounded SageMike WangEngineering LeadFounded AvinaMolly AbbottPartner Platform Operations ManagerFounded Constructable

Nielsen mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ben TrumbullAnalystFounded Nymbl SystemsRich NelsonSVP - Corporate Development & Strategic PlanningFounded VtvtherapeuticsJulian McCartyManager, Client ServicesFounded MosaicVoice

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Cornell University710

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America

+ 704 more

Also attended Northwestern University342

Hannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel CapitalMikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 336 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Avina (YC S22)1

Mike WangFounder at Avina

Also worked at Mindbody18

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

+ 12 more

Also worked at Bowtie.ai1

Mike WangFounder at Avina

Also worked at Nielsen42

Andrew HongVenture Partner at Ff Venture CapitalAndrew FurmanSoftware Developer at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMark BlakeStrategy & Corporate Development Leader at Joyance PartnersCalvin PoonExecutive Director at The Spartan GroupLouis Jin DieselInvestment Partner at Mangusta CapitalRishi SriramInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

+ 36 more