Aditya Kanodia
Business development and growth leader with 2+ years scaling early-stage Web3 and startup products. Track record of building 300+ strategic partnerships, growing user bases from hundreds to 100K+, and leading cross-functional teams from 0 to 1. Strong in GTM strategy, ecosystem growth, and stakeholder management.
Experience
Business Development & Growth Head
BlockOn Ventures
Led business development and growth for Masterverses within the TON ecosystem, building and managing170+ strategic partnerships.
Scaled the product from500 to 40,000+ users.
Hired and managed the Business Development team end-to-end.
Led India Blockchain Month, coordinating200+ community and media partners.
Business Development Executive
BlockOn Ventures
Onboarded100+ partners in 3 monthsfor Masterverses, a spiritual-discovery Telegram mini-app built on TON.
Grew monthly active users from500 to 110,000.
Business Development Executive & Community Specialist
Paycio
Engaged120+ communities and companies in one month, closing20+ partnerships.
Represented Paycio at the India Blockchain Summit exhibitor booth.
Chief Operating Officer
Free Product Company
Built and led a 5–6 person intern team spanning web dev, design, marketing, BD, and content/video.
Directed partnership outreach and content production (blogs, graphics, reels).
Chief Operating Officer & Product Manager
Vvarin
Built and managed the team delivering an ed-tech product with150+ screens across 4 sub-projects, covering
UI, frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
Chief People Officer
XRDI
Managed a 6-person team; collaborated with AjnaLens and secured sponsorship under the Ajna Creator Program
(Metaverse course worth 1.85L).
Community Head & Co-founder
Befikra Community & Befikra Paper
Co-founded and grew a community of10,000+ members across 500+ engineering colleges.
Organized the I2C2 Hackathon with1,700+ registrationsand 3L+ in prizes.
Built a Founders’ Circle of150+ founders and 1,000+ startup enthusiasts.
Education
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
B.Tech
Skills
Core Competencies
Growth & BD
Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, GTM Strategy, Customer Acquisition, Ecosystem Growth
Leadership
Team Leadership, Hiring, Stakeholder Management, Startup Operations
Tools
Notion, Canva, Figma, Microsoft Office, Loom, GitHub, AI Productivity Tools
Founding Roles
Chief Operating Officer
Free Product Company
Built and led a 5–6 person intern team spanning web dev, design, marketing, BD, and content/video.
Directed partnership outreach and content production (blogs, graphics, reels).
Chief Operating Officer & Product Manager
Vvarin
Built and managed the team delivering an ed-tech product with150+ screens across 4 sub-projects, covering
UI, frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
Chief People Officer
XRDI
Managed a 6-person team; collaborated with AjnaLens and secured sponsorship under the Ajna Creator Program
(Metaverse course worth 1.85L).
Community Head & Co-founder
Befikra Community & Befikra Paper
Co-founded and grew a community of10,000+ members across 500+ engineering colleges.
Organized the I2C2 Hackathon with1,700+ registrationsand 3L+ in prizes.
Built a Founders’ Circle of150+ founders and 1,000+ startup enthusiasts.
Community Activities
Web3 Community Specialist
QuillAudits
Drove Token2049 partner outreach; secured 20+ community and 30+ hackathon partnerships and 150+ media
distribution channels.
Community Ambassador
Proto-Geo
Led community management and organized a geo-tagging "mapathon" for the DePIN platform.
Mentor
Satna Incubation Centre
Mentored early-stage startups and entrepreneurs.
SMVDU Coordinator
GDG Jammu
Devfest team volunteer (management & strategy); Event Coordinator, Google I/O Extended 2024 Jammu.
SMVDU Coordinator
MESH, IIT Jammu
Made 15+ partnership recommendations; Event Head & Judge, Udyamitsav Hackathon.
Sourced roughly 50% of Udyamitsav 2024 Fest sponsors.
Courses & Certifications
Solana Blockchain Developer Program
Solana Foundation x Nas Academy