Vardhan Kapoor ^{Ultimate Decision-Maker}

CEO & Co-Founder at Y Combinator

Current Job Duration: 1 yr 8 mos (until March 2026)

HEADLINE:
CEO & Co-Founder @ Firstwork (YC & Google AI Backed) I Forbes Human Resources Council
I Ex-Deliveroo (LSE:ROO) and Remitly (NASDAQ: RELY) Leadership I Forbes 30U30

PERSONAL SUMMARY:
I’m Vardhan Kapoor, co-founder and CEO of Firstwork. I’ve spent my career scaling complex, regulated operations; from leading strategy at Deliveroo during their hypergrowth era to helping take Remitly public on the NASDAQ. At Remitly, I built a near-$100M ARR busines and led the launch of our seafarers program in Asia; serving some of the most critical - and underserved - essential workers on the planet.

In doing so, I saw firsthand how clunky and brittle traditional systems really are. Compliance was a constant bottleneck. Onboarding took weeks. And frontline workers were always the ones left waiting. Firstwork is our response: an AI-native HR stack built to fix hiring, onboarding, and compliance for the essential workforce - making it faster, smarter, and actually fit for purpose.

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EDUCATION:
School: Y Combinator
Degree: YC S24
Activities: None

School: The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.), Law & Accounting
Activities: None

School: The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Degree: Bachelors
Activities: None

School: Harvard Business School
Degree: Core: Credential of Readiness, (Financial Accounting, Economics for Managers, Business Analytics)
Activities: None

School: Dubai College
Degree: None
Activities: None

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