Karya - Rippleworks

Venture: Karya
Karya offers economically disadvantaged Indians a pathway out of poverty through dignified, AI-driven opportunities to earn, learn and grow.

Expert: Varun Kaw
Head of Global Operations – Scheme Compliance, Adyen

Karya partnered with Rippleworks to define the roles and responsibilities of operations leadership.

228M Indians live in poverty. 90% live in rural areas, 800M are either unemployed or underemployed, and less than 5% of the workforce is formally skilled. Karya’s goal is to use technology as a means to provide opportunities to disadvantaged communities. Karya identifies and trains workers who need work the most and pay them 20 times the minimum wage, ensuring that data solutions contribute positively to both technology and society.

One of Karya’s top priorities going into this project was establishing the roles and responsibilities of COO and senior operations management hires to enable growth.

I was matched with a great venture that was meaningfully driving impact. In a very short span, I could add value to [Karya], getting them ready to the next level of impact at scale.

It felt so fulfilling to play a role in that journey.

—Expert Varun Kaw