5x founder

Vardhan Kapoor

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

Founder

FirstWork· Summer 2024New York City Metropolitan Area

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2025Council Member· Forbes Human Resources Council

Founder · since 2014

Company

Forbes Human Resources Council

Role

Council Member

current

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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FirstWork

Rippling for seasonal workers

Summer 2024

Experience

Career

FirstWork (YC S24)
Co-founder
CEO & Co-Founder · New York, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
Forbes Human Resources Council
Council Member · 2025 – Present
2025
Y Combinator
Founder
YC S24 Founder · 2024 – Present
2024
Remitly
Head of Region, APAC · Singapore, Australia, New Zealand · 2020 – 2024
2020
Deliveroo
Founder
Business Strategy Manager/Global Sustainability Committee Founding Member · Singapore · 2018 – 2020
2018
Monitor Deloitte (ex Monitor Group)
Founder
Analyst/Consultant/Senior Consultant · 2015 – 2018
2015
Hippo.Rocks
Co-founder
Co-Founder/Head of Business Development · 2014 – 2016
2014
Credit Suisse
Investment Banking Summer Analyst - Emerging Markets (Sub Saharan Africa) · 2014
2014

Bio

Co-founder and CEO @ Firstwork, Rippling for seasonal workers. Previously: Head of Region, APAC at Remitly (NASDAQ: RELY) where I launched and scaled Remitly’s expansion into the APAC region, building the P&L from ground up to high-eight figures USD ARR across 5+ geographies. Strategy Head at Deliveroo (LSE:ROO) where I led regional growth and strategy.