Hello! I am
Prasad Subrahmanya
Building Luminik - an AI co-pilot for event marketing teams
Intro
What I am all about.
I build software that solves real problems. Right now, I'm focused on Luminik, making event marketing teams more effective through AI automation. I discovered this opportunity while building SnowOptix (a Snowflake cost optimization tool) and talking to GTM leaders. Before this, I built Aura at Bain - a PE due diligence platform that went from zero to $3.6M in revenue in 18 months. I love understanding problems deeply and building solutions that create real impact.
Experience
Yes. I've been around.
Current Ventures
Founder & CEO
Luminik
Oct 2024 - Present
Building an AI co-pilot that automates the manual work in event marketing - from lead capture to follow-ups. Started after discovering how event marketing teams struggle with disconnected tools and manual processes, despite events being 30% of marketing budgets.
Founder
SnowOptix
Jan 2024 - Present
A side project that helps data teams optimize their Snowflake costs. While building this, conversations with GTM leaders led to discovering the bigger opportunity in event marketing, which became Luminik.
Previous Experience
Venture CTO
Bain & Company
Nov 2022 - Dec 2023
Built and scaled Aura, a PE due diligence SaaS platform, from concept to $3.6M ARR in 18 months. Led product development, technical architecture, and engineering team while working closely with PE firms to solve their due diligence challenges.
Co-founder & CTO
Mainteny
Aug 2020 - Oct 2022
Led Mainteny to a $2.7M seed round while building a CRM for maintenance companies in Europe. Built and launched the MVP solo in 3 months. Led engineering, product, and ops; scaled the team to 12. Drove customer discovery and GTM, securing early traction.
Expertise
Building & selling tech that matters.
01
Product Development
Building scalable products from 0 to 1, with focus on user experience and technical excellence.
02
Go-to-Market Strategy
Taking products to market through direct sales and partnerships, with deep understanding of enterprise needs.
03
Technical Architecture
Designing and building cloud-native systems that scale, using modern tools and practices.
04
Team Building
Building and leading high-performing engineering and product teams.
Education
Something that's fundamental, isn't it?
2010 – 2014
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Bangalore, India
Studied history, fundamentals of Computer Science, observing it's close association with the subject that I always loved - Mathematics; learnt how to translate ideas & solutions to problems into Computer Programs.
Awards
Happy times!
All Star Q1 - 2015
Received the BlueJeans Network's quarterly "All Star" award for delivering the Business value on time, making the customer happy.