Abhishek Mishra
Head of Growth | Marketing Expert | Y Combinator Alumni
2 yrs experience · Bengaluru, Karnataka · 10-20 hrs/week
About
I have 8 years of experience in helping early-stage startups in growth & Marketing. In my last role, I was the Head of Growth at a Singapore-based AI startup. Before this, I was heading Growth at a FinTech startup in India. In the past, I have worked with some exceptional early-stage tech companies - I headed Marketing at Waydev (Analytics Platform, YC backed) and Fortanix (cybersecurity, Intel capital-backed). I take full ownership of projects, drawing from my entrepreneurial background where I founded Outr GmbH and Niro. I've mentored startups globally, including those in accelerators like OnDeck and Pioneer. Excited to collaborate for impact.
Skills
Experience
- Head of Growth · Locofy.ai07-01-2022
Locofy.ai is a low-code devtool that accelerates Frontend development with AI.
- Mentoring Startups · Various Companies04-01-2020 – 07-01-2022
Mentored a few startups in San Francisco, India and Nigeria. Apart from that, I built a B2B Agritech venture in India (Aug 2020 - Feb 2021): Niro was a B2B Agri-commodity trading platform for the first-mile Agri value chain. Responsibilities: - Product - Marketing - Fundraising - Hiring
- Head of Growth · Tartan10-01-2021 – 07-01-2022
Looking at all things Marketing & Growth. Tartan is an employee consent-driven data exchange platform that enables real-time employment & income verification.
- Head of Marketing (YC W21) · Waydev02-01-2021 – 10-01-2021
Waydev helps data-driven companies measure engineering performance automatically. It's the #1 development analytics platform for remote first engineering teams. Waydev was part of YC W21. I joined Waydev as one of the early team members (#6). Responsibilities: - Marketing, Growth, Analytics & GTM - Strategic Partnerships - Revenue - Building the marketing team from scratch
- Marketing Manager · Fortanix06-01-2019 – 01-01-2021
Fortanix has created a Runtime Encryption® platform that enables your application to process and work with encrypted data. Fortanix uses Intel SGX and creates a portable security envelope that runs signed applications in completely protected states. Responsibilities: - Inbound Marketing (content, SEO, social media, performance marketing, community building) - Marketing Ops
- Marketing & Growth · Pluto708-01-2017 – 05-01-2019
Pluto7 is focused on building AI/ML, and Smart Analytics solutions powered by Google Cloud. Joined Pluto7 as employee #2 in India. Responsibilities: - Account-Based Marketing - Content marketing - Outbound (email, LinkedIn outreach) - Growth experiments (A/B tests & optimization) - Social media - Performance Marketing - Partnerships I was also responsible for Product Marketing of our SaaS 'Planning In a Box' - PIAB was a SaaS for omnichannel retailers to empower them with actionable insights in order to forecast their demand accurately. Responsibilities: - Content building - internal & external resources - Market research - Competitor research - Sales enablement - Product & feature launches - Product positioning - Messaging - GTM strategy
- Co-founder · Outr GmbH11-01-2016 – 11-01-2018
Outr was a Swiss consumer travel startup that helped people find and book the best outdoor and adventure activities all around the world. I started the company straight out of college. Community building Brand building Market Research SEO Performance Marketing Content Strategy Fundraising
Education
- Y Combinator
- Veer Surendra Sai University Of Technology ( Formerly UCE ), BurlaBachelor's degree
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