Pavan Kumar

Building @ Clean • Prev. Cisco, Cliqk

Granite Bay, California, United States

About

Building | AI + Med Researcher @UCSD | Prev. Cisco, Cliqk | 18

Experience

  • Co-Founder at Clean
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Backed by Founders Inc & Jackson Square Ventures.

  • Founder In Residence at Jackson Square Ventures
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    JSV Launchpad (<1% acceptance rate)

  • UC San Diego (Full-time · 1 yr 1 mo)
    • Research Lead, UCSD CNC
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

      Sole freshman in 15-person lab, leading CV dystonia detection, funding, and team.

    • Summer Bridge Scholar
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Founder In Residence at Founders, Inc.
    Apr 2026 - May 2026 · 2 mos

    Canopy (<1% acceptance rate)

  • Cliqk (8 mos)
    • Head of Community
      Jan 2026 - Mar 2026 · 3 mos

      Drove 28M+ impressions across Cliqk's creator network on LinkedIn. Managed partnerships with 50+ creators, handling contracts, compensation, and brand deals. Planned and ran Cliqk House, a 3-day NYC creator retreat (flew out creators with 115k+ combined followers). Built and launched Cliqk MyArena, LinkedIn's first creator competition ($10k prize pool), from scoring rubrics to legal docs to marketing rollout.

    • Growth
      Sep 2025 - Jan 2026 · 5 mos

      Hosted a 400+ person event in San Francisco with investors from top VC firms in attendance. Scaled Cliqk's community from zero across LinkedIn, Discord, and Luma. Co-hosted webinars pulling hundreds of live attendees. Ran multi-channel marketing campaigns for every major Cliqk initiative.

    • Founding Creator
      Aug 2025 - Sep 2025 · 2 mos

      One of Cliqk's earliest creators, building on the platform before public launch. 11k+ LinkedIn followers. Helped validate Cliqk's creator-first positioning and gave direct product feedback that shaped core platform features.