Krithika S.

About

Experience

• Marketing at Thrive Capital
  Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  All things marketing for startups and founders across the Thrive portfolio

• Startup advisor and angel investor at Startups
  2014 - Present · 12 yrs 6 mos

  Advisor + investor in dev-focused companies like Vercel, Linear, Replit, Stainless, WorkOS, and Common Room; First Round Fast Track mentor; previously a mentor at Heavybit and Techstars

• VP Marketing at OpenAI
  Aug 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

  First marketing hire at OpenAI, leading platform, B2B, and brand marketing

• Head of Marketing at Retool
  2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

  I led the Marketing, Comms, and Developer Experience orgs at Retool. Retool helps companies—from startups to enterprises like Amazon, NBC, and DoorDash—build business software and tools remarkably fast

• Stripe (Full-time · 9 yrs 1 mo)
  • Business Lead, Startups
    2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

    • GM for product and GTM experience for startups and founders across the Stripe platform • Led Stripe Atlas through its biggest product launches in 5 years

  • Marketing Lead, Platform
    2013 - 2021 · 8 yrs

    • Led platform marketing, developer marketing, self-serve, and startup marketing; incubated lifecycle, solutions, and ecosystem marketing • Seeded and grew our Seattle marketing hub across all roles—product marketing, demand generation, content, brand, and more • Was Stripe's first marketing hire (and only marketer for 3 years). Drove all product launches, new market expansion, developer and community outreach, sales enablement, and more