Illiac Ventures founders come from humble beginnings that start-ups will resonate with. The company shares a similar story that students from top computer science schools can relate to.
“The silver lining of our founders’ journey was how they iterated so quickly through a series of failures in a span of 1.5 years.”
UIUC CS ‘19
UIUC CS ‘19
Principal and Founder of the Hub for Brand Innovation and Advertising Technology
Founder of the Technology and Social Behavior Lab
Karthik and Shruti were exposed to startups & building real-world apps. They bootstrapped their company, Stitchology (acquired by Trymata), while working at Facebook and Microsoft, respectively. They built and sold a lean company with 95% margins and have now created a network to easily and quickly spin out companies.
"The best investments and partnerships are done today with the right strategy. Later might be too late."