I’m Bita.

I’ve worked with countless startups in a variety of industries and stages.

Here are the highlights.

Gauntlet Networks

I joined Gauntlet in September 2020, at a time when the company had recently raised a seed funding round and had a team of seven. Today, the company has grown to be valued at $1 billion with $26 million in venture funding and a team of 60 talented employees.

I managed financial operations: including ETH requests, accounts payable & receivable, R&D tax credit filing, budgeting and runway tracking.

In terms of business operations, I played a pivotal role in leading quarterly planning and guiding each team at Gauntlet in setting OKRs that aligned with the company's overarching mission. I was also responsible for managing the vendors and contractors who worked with the organization.

People operations was a crucial aspect of my role at Gauntlet. I managed payroll, led performance reviews, developed recruiting processes, managed on-boarding and off-boarding, conducted employee surveys, and led executive hiring, among other tasks. I also ensured compliance while shaping the employee experience by creating a handbook with policies around expense reimbursement, moving, working from home, and other relevant topics.

Cresta Inc.

I was the tenth employee and left when the company had grown to 40 employees. During my time, I created financial reports for board meetings and fundraising decks, developed processes for pay raises and bonuses, on-boarding/off-boarding, performance reviews, contractor payments, and internship programs. Additionally, I implemented effective sourcing strategies for technical talent, improving the cold response rate by 23% in just four months. I also tracked spend per employee to inform hiring strategies and assisted the CEO with a successful Series A fundraise of $12,000,000 led by Greylock and a16z. Lastly, I coordinated over 20 contracts for remote and in-house consultants, negotiating based on scope and our project budget.

Lighthouse AI

I initially joined Lighthouse as a consultant, and transitioned to full-time within three months. During my time tenure, I played a crucial role in enhancing product quality and overseeing international logistics. I was also responsible for managing the Beta program for the Lighthouse camera, coordinating projects for the CMO, and eventually took ownership of recruiting. I was the seventh employee to join the team and by the time I left, there were 30 employees.

I effectively managed the Lighthouse Beta Program, overseeing shipping logistics both domestically and internationally. I monitored and analyzed data from Beta testers using Google Analytics and presented regular reports to the software and QA teams. Additionally, I led a team in Mexico for training AI video annotations and tested and tracked advertising efforts on Facebook and LinkedIn for growth marketing.

I developed a PR roadmap for a marketing program that was executed on time and within budget. I also conducted in-person user tests and online surveys to evaluate various aspects such as messaging, product features, buying criteria, and pricing.

My
Values

Transparency

I'll listen closely to your needs and be transparent about my capabilities. I'll always be straight with you about what I can and cannot deliver.

Efficiency

I understand when to strive for perfection and when to prioritize speed. I’ll make the right call for your project and get the job done with the right balance of quality and timeliness.

Excellence

I strive for success for both myself and my clients. I am dedicated to constantly improving processes and finding new and innovative ways to provide operational excellence.

Intentionality

Just because you’re working hard doesn’t mean you’re working on the right things. I'll put systems in place to make sure we're not just moving forward blindly, but instead have a clear understanding of why we're taking each and every step.

WORK WITH ME

I offer three different ways in which I can work with your startup.

More organizations I’ve worked with

  • http://gauntlet.network

    Gauntlet is DeFi’s risk manager. We drive capital efficiency while maintaining economic safety for some of the largest crypto protocols with our cutting-edge simulations. Gauntlet manages risk and incentives for over $40 Billion in assets.

    Gauntlet continuously publishes cutting-edge research, making us the most cited in peer reviewed articles in the DeFi industry.

  • https://www.felicis.com/

    We back founders building iconic companies that transcend boundaries: we partner around the world, across sectors, and at various stages, primarily before success is obvious.

    We also invest directly in founders' growth by committing 1% on top of every first check we write towards personalized executive coaching, therapy and more.

    Felicis has backed more than 40 companies valued at $1B+ and more than 90 companies that have been acquired or gone public, including Shopify (IPO), Adyen (IPO), Credit Karma (acq by Intuit), Cruise (acq by GM), Ginkgo Bioworks (IPO), Guardant Health (IPO), Meraki (acq by Cisco) and Ring (acq by Amazon).

  • https://cresta.com/

    Cresta brings together industry-leading AI experts, proven leadership, and top-tier investors including Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Andy Bechtolsheim, Mark Leslie and Vivi Nevo.

    Our real-time expertise AI helps contact center agents unlock their full potential by uncovering expert behaviors from every customer conversation and amplifies them with real-time assistance and coaching.

    By nudging best practices around objection responses, expectation setting, troubleshooting, and more: Cresta supercharges agents to focus on what really matters; their customer interactions.

  • https://www.kittyhawk.aero/

    Kittyhawk is building a single-person, remotely-piloted electric aircraft with the goal of making airtaxis affordable, ubiquitous and eco-conscious.

    Founded by self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun and backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, Kittyhawk has been advancing aviation for more than a decade and has built and flown more than 100 aircraft. If anyone can do this, we can.

  • https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-reportedly-absorbed-lighthouse-a-firm-that-makes-ai-cameras-2019-3

    Lighthouse believes AI makes possible what is impossible in the smart home today. That's why we've made it our mission to reinvent the home camera and make intelligence accessible and useful.

    Through vision and voice, Lighthouse eliminates common problems with today's Internet-based cameras such as, false alerts triggered by shadows and pets, and scrubbing through video.

  • It’s a secret for now - but they’re launching soon!

  • Confidential - for now.