Vetted Market Research Professionals

“Has experience in several VC-backed companies and is motivated by early-stage company building—especially the fast pace of early engineering and cross-functional "wearing many hats" as a startup grows. Some exposure to investors through prior roles, though has not fundraised directly; familiar with VC and has read about accelerators like Y Combinator.”

Vivek Anand

Screened

Executive Technology Leader (CIO/CTO/CDO) specializing in AI, cloud, and data strategy

Northbrook, IL20y exp

“Founder with an end-user-ready product who has self-funded/used angel investing but has not yet launched marketing in earnest. Motivated by identifying a market gap with a differentiated product and is now seeking value-add investors who can provide both capital and go-to-market expertise/connections.”

Sai Dinesh Pusapati

Screened

Senior AI/ML Engineer specializing in GenAI agents and LLM workflows

San Francisco, CA6y exp

“LLM/AI engineer with production experience building a retrieval-based document intelligence system that extracts information from PDFs/emails, backed by Python + Spark pipelines. Focused on reliability and cost/latency optimization (caching, batch processing) and has hands-on orchestration experience with Airflow (sensors, retries, alerts). Also partnered with business stakeholders to deliver customer feedback classification/summarization for faster sentiment insights.”

Shruti Kunwar

Screened

Mid-level Marketing Analytics professional specializing in digital growth and customer insights

West Lafayette, IN5y exp

“Growth-oriented marketer with hands-on experience at BASF building B2B demand generation and lead handoff systems in the crop protection sector. Stands out for connecting digital channels, dealer networks, field sales, and customer support into measurable conversion workflows, and for navigating ambiguous initiatives like a farmer loyalty program with practical experimentation and on-ground enablement.”

“Lifelong basketball player with extensive exposure to elite Southern California high school basketball (Servite/Trinity League) and familiarity with college recruiting through close connections, who applies a structured PFF-style evaluation lens to scouting. Comfortable identifying talent via film and in-person viewing and proactively engaging prospects through social media outreach; also brings experience working demanding overnight/on-call schedules from Amazon last-mile logistics.”

“Strategy/finance leader with experience spanning wealth management, London Stock Exchange, and a voice AI startup. Led an ESG product launch supported by market research/ROI modeling that generated $5M+ over five years, and has hands-on PMO capability (Jira, SQL/Excel, Power BI) plus change-management experience aligning sales teams with executive digital transformation initiatives.”

Khori Whittaker

Screened

Executive Venture Builder & Operator specializing in 0-to-1 launches and governance

Remote, Global15y exp

“Solo founder running a venture studio (Mongoose) building AI-personalized products (e.g., faith-based daily devotional, meal planning, and a platform aimed at helping retiring SMB owners sell businesses). Previously at InsideTrack, leveraged a Department of Labor grant program to break into the community college market and secured major contracts ($5M and $3M) by helping institutions craft winning grant applications.”

“Founder-sourcing and relationship-development operator with experience from CAA, skilled at cold outreach and long-cycle nurturing that converts into active opportunities. Recently leveraged a former colleague relationship to support a sports equipment startup's Series A by sourcing strategic VC introductions, and has evaluated early-stage products (e.g., 3D-printed custom mouthguards) through founder discovery and top-level financial review.”

Sunil Parikh

Screened

Executive enterprise architect specializing in cloud, cybersecurity, and platform modernization

Plano, TX26y exp

“Architect with early startup experience (1999-2000) who later worked with Capital One evaluating startup products, strategy, and roadmaps. Brings a structured approach to innovation through market research, competitor analysis, risk assessment, gap analysis, and proof-of-concept thinking.”

“Outbound sales candidate with a cold-calling-first approach who consistently hit or exceeded a 10-meeting monthly KPI and earned bonuses. Stands out for creative prospecting, including booking a hard-to-reach Texas transit agency meeting through a custom Spanish-language email, and for having a structured, high-volume approach to building pipeline in low-enablement SDR environments.”

Noah Fax

Screened

Junior sports operations professional specializing in basketball operations and brand strategy

Chicago, IL4y exp

“Grassroots basketball scout working on the Puma circuit who advises athletes and families on NIL considerations, brand alignment, and realistic college pathways. Brings a mix of player evaluation, relationship-driven recruiting, and candid expectation management, with an example of accurately projecting rising NYC guard Denim Trotman.”

“Candidate brings a blend of consulting and brand-side marketing sourcing experience from Deloitte Consulting and L’Oreal. They stand out for using deep research, cost analysis, and one-on-one stakeholder engagement to drive agency negotiations, support a $4M annual savings target, and win adoption of new project tools like Smartsheet in change-resistant client environments.”

“Operations-focused leader with experience spanning client delivery, sales operations, and longer-term customer success initiatives at a reputation analytics firm and at Penta. Known for implementing systems (ClickUp, Salesforce/HubSpot, marketing tech) and rigorous reporting rhythms that improve executive visibility, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation; also supported an acquisition by preparing confidential financial documentation and contracts.”

“Early-stage venture investor/operator profile with experience at Wedbush Ventures, focused on sourcing and qualifying founders through thesis-led outbound. Stands out for combining deep market research with proactive relationship building, including sourcing AI and commerce infrastructure opportunities that advanced into pipeline and investment committee discussions.”

“Early-stage GTM and revenue-operations builder who helped Seculert (cybersecurity breach detection) scale beyond founder-led sales as US employee #3, standing up TAM/ICP targeting, first SDR/AE hires, Salesforce, and lead scoring/qualification systems. Experienced mentoring founders/executives with lightweight, stage-appropriate operating cadences and playbooks to create repeatable pipeline and scalable execution.”

Nkechi Iregbulem

Screened

Principal VC investor specializing in enterprise software, AI, and deep tech

San Francisco, CA5y exp

“Early-stage VC investor focused on proactive, outbound founder sourcing (heavy LinkedIn and stealth-founder alerts), with a track record that includes sourcing a unicorn investment through cold outreach. Has experience nurturing cold founder relationships into active deal flow (including early conversations with a Hermeus co-founder) and running a fast-moving pipeline with CRM, memos, and automated follow-ups; interested in pre-seed/seed, pre-consensus AI/frontier tech investing.”

Hargun Kaur Kohli

Screened

Intern Business Analyst specializing in analytics and marketing insights

California, USA1y exp

“Graduate-school capstone and project work centered on analytics, including healthcare shipment/pharmacy data, customer recommendation modeling, and a gaming uplift modeling project. Stands out for framing analytics around business impact—using uplift, repeat purchase, and profit-oriented metrics rather than just accuracy.”

“Currently a development analyst at a large national real estate developer and previously exposed to startup/founder ecosystems through Carta. He combines venture-style sourcing and founder outreach with real estate and infrastructure investing context, including cross-border deal exposure in the Balkans, climate tech, AI infrastructure, and med spa opportunities.”