Amrita Bhasin Email & Phone Number

Menlo Park, CA, US

San Francisco, CA, US

• At Sotira, we discreetly offload and monetize surplus inventory. We're dedicated to bringing software to the $550 billion surplus procurement, transacting and logistics industry.
• Partnered with the biggest instant commerce company in the US and serving distributors, retailers, brands and fulfillment centers.
• Venture backed.
• 2023 AWS (Amazon Web Services) Startup Competition Winner.
• Learn more: www.sotira.co

Boston, MA, US

Founder in residence at the Roux Institute, Northeastern University researching AI applications of reverse logistics, specifically excess and surplus inventory.

Boulder, Colorado, US

• Selected as 1 of 12 companies out of thousands of companies for the Techstars Boulder Summer 2023 Cohort.
• Founded in 2007, the Techstars Boulder is the original Techstars accelerator and continues to invest in some of the best companies in the world having backed over 200 companies that have gone on to raise over $2.

New York, NY, US

• Selected as only UC Berkeley student for Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowship in conjunction with Blackstone Charitable Foundation.
• Received equity free grant.

Berkeley, CA, US

Write articles for print and online special issues of the Daily Californian Newspaper.

Berkeley, CA, US

• Contributed $18,500+ in advertising revenue.
• Top Seller out of 20 person sales team for 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years.
• Promoted to Senior Account Executive in January 2020. Commission increased to 10-15% for role in senior level position. Awarded bonuses for national sales, first sale of the month and sales over monthly goal.
• Regularly exceed monthly goals of $225 by over 500%.
• Responsible for securing advertising contracts with high-profile companies (Wall Street Journal, Discord, USC) to ensure The Daily Californian’s financial success.
• Build and maintain key relationships with current and potential advertising clients. Goal is to identify new opportunities for revenue growth and to foster mutually beneficial partnerships with local and national.

Berkeley, CA, US

• Part of the Sales Team for the Daily Californian Newspaper.
• Communicated with companies and businesses in Berkeley and the greater Bay Area to sell advertisements (print, desktop, social media, sponsored content) to raise thousands of dollars every month to fund the production.
• Sold ads to local businesses and startups. Advise clients which ads to purchase based on budget, target audience and demographic and negotiate discounts with nonprofits and new businesses in the area.
• Acquired skills in sales, cold calling, public speaking, negotiation and native advertising (both print and online).
• Utilized QuickBook and Excel to track clients, maintain payment system and send receipts.
• Paid on commission for number of ads sold.

• Selected as 1 of 50 scholars and one of only a few Americans out of 400 applicants by the Ethereum Foundation to be a Devcon Scholar.
• Received full travel and hotel sponsorship to attend Devcon in Bogota, Colombia and connect with others in the Ethereum ecosystem and discuss my projects and ideas for public goods, regenerative finance and defi lending.

Zug, Zug, CH

• Selected as 1 of a select few travel fellows to attend the inaugural NEARCon in Lisbon, Portugal as a NEARCon Fellow.
• Received full travel and hotel sponsorship to connect with other grant awardees and founders in the NEAR ecosystem.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Selected as 1 of 28 companies out of 500 applications for the Soma Spring 2022 Fellowship.

New York, New York, US

Sponsored as 1 of 20 journalism students in the country by Bloomberg News to attend Bloomberg Business Journalism Program in New York City in May 2022.

Menlo Park, CA, US

Turned down to build Sotira full time.

San Francisco, California, US

• 1 of 11 companies selected out of over 100 applications for the 5th Cohort of Envision.
• Envision is a community driven accelerator for high potential founders building top companies.
• Receive non-dilutive investment, tailored startup workshops, 1:1 mentorship, and a community for life.
• Supported by firms such as Soma Capital, Rough Draft VC, and Backstage Capital amongst others.

• One of 10 core, founding members of PadawanDAO. Help with forming decentralized governance structures and contribute to social and DEI initiatives. Helped organize and reviewed applications to sponsor 50 students from.
• Received a scholarship to cover flights and hotels to attend Lisbon International Blockchain Week in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2021. Learned about Web3 and Ethereum and met many builders and founders in the space.
• Sponsored to attend ETHDenver in February 2022 for 10 days with hotels sponsored by Harmony.

Princeton, NJ, US

• One of 150 students selected from around the world to attend the 46th and 47th annual International Business Conference in NYC in November 2020 and November 2021 founded by Steve Forbes (acceptance rate of less than.
• 75 executives
• Live Keynotes featuring real-time Q&A from students to executives
• Intimate executive seminars (private virtual meeting room with a 10:1 student-executive ratio)
• Past years’ executives include the CEO of Hermes, Chairman of Evercore, COO of Rebecca Taylor, and CFO of Apollo Global Management
• Recruiting events with top companies and fellowships (i.e. Schwarzman Scholars)

Mountain View, CA, US

• Product-focused position in consultative sales and advertising as a part of the Google BOLD program (Building Opportunities through Leadership Development).
• Connect with a portfolio of 120 small and medium sized businesses and consult on customized advertising and digital marketing solutions that involve the use of Google products.
• Help businesses grow by implementing strategic Google ads search, display and video campaigns that maximize ROI and increase sales, leads, website traffic and brand awareness.

New York, New York, US

• Built by Girls (www.builtbygirls.com) is a branch of Oath (a Verizon company) that aims to equip young girls to be leaders in technology.
• Paired with advisors from Uber, Box, Google Ventures, Amazon Music and Niantic. Networked with security directors, UX and UI software developers and product managers.
• Visited Google Launchpad, Pinterest and Niantic Headquarters and talked to the initial proposer of the hashtag (#) and the founder of Pinterest about my aspirations in technology.
• One of a select few members invited to attend TechCrunch Disrupt on a full merit scholarship in San Francisco in September 2018.
• Received a merit scholarship to attend Startup Grind in Redwood City in February 2019. Elevator pitched to Comcast, listened to the CEO of Airbnb speak and connected with investors.
• Profile and experiences in non tech in tech highlighted on Wogrammer (AnitaB.org organization).

US

• Pitched and wrote 34 articles/quizzes about friendship, academic advice and cultural pride for 500k online viewers.
• Curated article images and wrote social media posts for hundreds of thousands of Instagram and Twitter followers.
• Gained experience in copywriting and digital media production for an online and print magazine.

Bachelor'S Degree

Certificate In Entrepreneurship And Technology

Education record