Swapnil S.

About Swapnil S.

I’m the CEO & Co-founder of Zeni.ai - Bookkeeping, Tax, and CFO Services Platform designed for Startup Founders. Zeni is my 3rd startup. I have built and sold two startups before. My first startup was Dhingana and my second startup was Mezi. Follow me on LinkedIn if you would like to learn from my entrepreneurial journey as I routinely share key insights which can be very helpful for startup founders and executives. Zeni• Zeni is the first AI-powered Finance Operations As A Service platform built for startup founders. • With a unique blend of AI, machine learning, and finance experts, Zeni runs all finance operations for startup founders including bookkeeping, tax services, CFO services, R&D Tax Credits, and more…• We have raised a total of $48 million in VC funding (Series A and B)• 200+ startup founders use Zeni to manage all their finance operations• Zeni startup customers range from pre-revenue to $100 million-plus in revenues. Zeni scales as your startup scales. • Think of Zeni as your internal finance team Mezi• Mezi was the first AI-powered Travel As A Service platform built for business travelers• We raised a Seed Round in 2015 and our Series A in 2016. • In less than 2.5 years, Mezi was acquired by American Express for a rumored $150M in cash• Mezi now powers travel concierge and servicing for all American Express card members worldwide. • Mezi is one of the first human-assisted AI-powered platforms that is serving 10s of millions of customers every single month Dhingana• Dhingana was the biggest Indian music streaming service• We bootstrapped it to 1 million unique monthly listeners and then raised our Series A round• In the next 12 months we grew it to 3.5 million unique monthly listeners and raised our Series B round• In the next 12 months we grew it to 10 million unique monthly listeners and were acquired by Rdio (started by Skype founders) I also advise and invest in early-stage startups via my fund Twin Ventures (https://twin.VC).• Investing in AI startups is our niche • We only invest in deep-tech AI platforms• We have co-invested with several VCs like A12Z, Craft Ventures, Nexus Ventures, Sierra Ventures, K9 Ventures, Saama Capital to name a few.

Experience

1. General Partner

   Twin Ventures

   Jun 2018 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   Twin Ventures is an AI-focused Angel Fund that backs entrepreneurs who are building disruptive ventures, solving real-world problems. We invest in companies that define new markets that can turn into category leaders through Applied AIObserve AI - Voice AI for Call CentersSibros - Enabling Connected Vehicle EcosystemVerisim Life - AI-powered Drug InsightsBeans AI - AI-powered Last 100 Mile DeliveryZeni - AI-powered Finance Team for Startups and Small BusinessesMatician - AI-powered Robots to help PeopleMeemo - Personal Finance Reinvested for MillenialsXOR - Recruitment Engagement AutomationChime - IOT enabled Personalized Chai MachineDataSine - AI-powered Content PersonalizationGames of Whales - AI-powered Revenue OptimizerSuspect Technologies - AI-powered Law Enforcement PlatformShoptimze - AI-enabled Commerce for BrandsPawsh - Personalized Dog GroomingDaloopa - AI built financial models

Education

• University of Southern California

  Masters in Computer Science, Computer Networks & Algorithms

  2002 — 2004

• COEP - Govt. College of Engineering Pune

  B.E Computer Engineering, Computer Science

  1996 — 2000

• COEP Technological University

  B.E, Computer Engineering

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Web Services
• Performance Tuning
• Agile Methodologies
• Software Development
• Python
• Scrum
• Web Development
• Javascript
• Perl
• Mobile Devices
• Rest
• Algorithms
• Mobile Applications
• Hadoop
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Big Data
• Start-Ups
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Computing
• Saas
• User Experience