4x founder

Aparna Ramanathan

Unlocking the code should be quick, joyful, and empowering. Founder & CEO of Soundkins - 130K+ classroom plays moving early literacy from Either/Or ➜ Both | MD | Backed by YC, IES SBIR, NewSchools, NSF

Co-founder

AskMyClass, now Soundkins· Summer 2018 San Francisco Bay Area

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2024Co-founder· CheckForU

Founder · since 2012

Company

CheckForU

Role

Co-Founder, CheckForU

Stage

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Based

Menlo Park, CA

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

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AskMyClass, now Soundkins

Audio learning assistant for teachers and students.

Summer 2018

Experience

Career

Early Literacy Club
Moderator of Early Literacy Club · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2021 – Present
2021
Soundkins (formerly known as mySoundTown)
Founder
CEO, Founder of Soundkins · 2020 – Present
2020
Soundkins (formerly known as mySoundTown)
Founder
Founder, CEO, Hoogalit (making AskMyClass/Soundkins) Childhood development meets voice tech · Menlo Park · 2017 – 2026
2017
Early Literacy Club
Moderator of Early Literacy Club · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2021 – Present
2021
CheckForU
Co-founder
Co-Founder, CheckForU · Menlo Park, CA · 2024 – 2026
2024
Y Combinator
Founder
YC Founder · 2018
2018
uThanku LLC
Founder
Founder and CEO · Menlo Park · 2012 – 2016
2012
Ramsay Health Care
Coronary Care and ICU Registrar, Strathfield Private Hospital, NSW, Australia · Strathfield, NSW, Australia · 2009 – 2010
2009
NSW Health
Anaesthetic Registrar St.George Hospital, NSW, Australia · Kogarah, NSW, Australia · 2002 – 2006
2002
NSW Health
Anaesthetic Registrar Canterbury Hospital · Canterbury, NSW, Australia · 2002
2002
NSW Health
Resident Medical Officer South Eastern Area Health Service · 1999 – 2001
1999

Bio

Aparna worked for 11 years as a medical doctor in Australian hospitals. Moving to the U.S. in 2011, she provided accessible mental health support and stress management coaching to professional women. In 2016, using screen-free, low-cost voice technology, she began supporting children to build social and mental resilience skills. A year later, Aparna built an interactive mental health game on Alexa for the home and launched AskMyClass, to provide behavioral support for the PK-6 classroom.