Gagan Biyani
| Gagan Biyani | |
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| Known for | Sprig, Udemy, Lyft |
Gagan Biyani is an Indian American[1] serial entrepreneur, marketer, and journalist.[2][3] He is CEO and co-founder of the mobile meals on demand service Sprig. He is also the co-founder of the online learning platform Udemy, the Growth Hackers Conference, and was formerly a growth advisor at Lyft.[4][5]
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Career
In 2009, Biyani co-founded Udemy, one of the first MOOC platforms.[2] At Udemy, Biyani leads investor relations, finance, business development, public relations, operations and user acquisition.[3] He was responsible for raising the company's first $4 million in venture capital, hiring 10 of Udemy's first 20 employees and managing the team that created over $2 million in sales in the platform's first 18 months.[3] Prior to Udemy, Biyani held positions at Accenture and Microsoft.[3]
After Udemy, Biyani spent six months as the interim head of marketing at Lyft.[2][4] At Lyft, Biyani led supply and demand acquisition for the company's launch in Los Angeles.[6] During the same time Biyani founded the "Growth Hackers Conference" which has featured speakers including Stan Chudnovsky, Simon Tisminezky, Ivan Kirigin, Elliot Shmukler, and others.[7]
Biyani was a journalist at TechCrunch where one of his articles resulted in an FTC investigation and lawsuit, as reported by The New York Times.[3][5] He has also written for The Next Web, Quora, Medium, and Mashable.[8][9]
Sprig
In 2013, Biyani co-founded Sprig, a food delivery service which has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from Battery Ventures and notable angel investors such as Andrew McCollum, co-founder of Facebook, and Justin Waldron, co-founder of Zynga.[10][11] He got the idea while working at Lyft, when a friend suggested he applied the model to food.[2] He left Lyft in April 2013 to execute the idea.[2] The startup allows users to order a balanced meal, which is then prepared in Sprig’s industrial kitchen and get it delivered in 15–20 minutes.[2] Sprig's chef is Nate Keller, Google’s former executive chef.[10]
In March 2014, Sprig raised $10 million in Series A funding from Greylock Partners with Battery Ventures and Accel participating. As part of the funding, Greylock partner Simon Rothman is joining Sprig’s board.[12]
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