Varun Mayya’s first official tryst with entrepreneurship was in college when he and his friends started up a t-shirt manufacturing business called SIZR. Later he began digital freelancing for clients in the United States, which is when he understood the value of price parity. But he found no excitement in what he was doing, so after saving up some money, he built Jobspire, a recruitment platform. They became one of the youngest teams to raise venture capital of Rs 1.7 crore even before they graduated, and scaled the company to serve 4 million requests in 2016. In 2017, they sold Jobspire to a New-York-based company.
Following that, he started Avalon Labs 2017, with the primary goal of making it a sandbox for his ideas. Varun teamed up with Shashank Udupa, a very driven investment banker, and together, they did anything and everything to build sizeable cash reserves to incubate, invest in and partner with early-stage tech startups. Within two years, they’ve scaled to 50 employees, made six global investments, and are now focusing on early-stage SaaS investments.
Co-founded and handles Operations, Finance and Legal for Enkidu token. Enkidu has been registered in Singapore as well as Estonia. Sits on the Advisory board of 2 upcoming ICOs. One of the first Indian's to Launch an ICO with more than 3 years of experience in the Blockchain space. Ex-IIFL investment banker, $3.5Bn stocklisted diversified financial services company. Closed several multi-million dollar deals during his stint at IIFL, including 2 Series E companies. Masters in International Management from Strathclyde, Glasgow. Co-founder, Avalon Labs. Hodler