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Dinali de Silva
0-1 Operational Guru
I have 10 years of experience in early-stage startups as a founder & operator in social impact spaces - education & healthcare. Most recently, I founded a VC backed startup in the childcare space to solve the care provider shortage and make childcare affordable in the U.S. Prior to that, I have held leadership roles at VC backed early-stage startups in their Seed round and played a pivotal role in growing and scaling the businesses to Series B/C.
Currently, I am supporting early-stage sta…
Experience
de Silva Consulting
Advisor & Consultant
Jul 2022 - Present
I work with early-stage startups to help grow and scale their businesses from 0-1. I primarily focus on marketplace operations, product-market fit, customer acquisition, customer experience frameworks, building MVPs & go-to-market strategies.
Caribou Childcare
Founder
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
First marketplace for stay-at-home parents and families who were looking for childcare as a way to bridge the supply shortage and make childcare more accessible across the U.S.
Atomic
Founder-in-Residence
Sep 2021 - Jan 2022
Atomic is a venture studio that funds and founds companies. They prototype new companies and bring together ideas, resources and talent to build the best ideas into great companies.
Roo
Head of Growth
Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
Marketplace in the animal healthcare space, reimagining how doctors and hospitals connect.
Nushkas
Founder/CEO
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
Direct to consumer healthy food business that was started during the pandemic.
Swing Education
Multiple Roles (Last role: Senior GM - New Markets)
Aug 2016 - Feb 2021
Swing education is tackling the substitute teacher shortage problem. They are a marketplace for substitute teachers and K-12 schools in the U.S.
Chicago International Charter School
Special Projects Manager
Jul 2013 - Aug 2016
Charter school network in Chicago that serves 13 innovative and diverse schools with over 7400 students.
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