Ashwin

• Managed a portfolio of 30 early‑stage startups across Deeptech, AI, B2B SaaS, and compliance tech in 3 countries, coordinating programming, stakeholder updates, and progress tracking
• Sourced and evaluated 250+ startups and interviewed ~60 founders to build 3 high‑potential cohorts, collaborating with government agencies in 3 countries to design and run the accelerator
• Mentored 2 junior team members and guided founders (with startup coaches) on GTM, ICP definition, and expansion roadmaps, improving clarity of commercial strategy and execution readiness across the cohort

• Built structured, data-driven market-prioritisation framework across 32 European countries, evaluating regulatory,
competitive, and revenue potential; recommended 4 priority markets to CEO, shaping expansion roadmap
• Co-created international expansion strategy and investor materials, enabling CEO to secure €2M in funding; conducted commercial due diligence on 8 M&A targets

• Founded and launched a Generative AI travel‑planning app, owning discovery, MVP scope, and roadmap; reduced trip planning time from ~10 hours to 2 minutes and improved recommendation accuracy by 80% across 3,000+ itineraries
• Ran 15+ user interviews and surveys to refine target segments, prioritise features, and shape the MVP roadmap, aligning functionality with travellers’ planning behaviours and trust in AI recommendations
• Scaled to 500 organic users in 4 months by designing and running A/B tests on landing pages and onboarding flows, iterating SEO/content, and using funnel analytics to improve activation and retention

• Reduced IDV fraud cases by 50% and improved product correctness by 75% by leading 3 operations managers to deliver cross‑functional CDD initiatives, strengthening compliance and customer trust
• Reduced KYC compliance platform open issues by 80% in one quarter by leading a 3‑developer team to prioritise and resolve 55 critical backlog items, strengthening regulatory risk posture
• Designed global entity-migration strategy for 3M European users coordinating with 6 teams to mitigate regulatory and operational risk while minimising customer disruption