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Sindhya Valloppillil

(She/Her)
  • Contributing Writer, Freelance
  • CEO and Founder, Skin Dossier
  • Contributor, Forbes
New York
As seen in: Forbes, TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance, Fast Company, Crunchbase, Crunchbase News, Business of Fashion (BOF), Pando, AlleyWatch, BeautyMatter
Covers:  Venture capital, private equity, startups, fundraising, female founders, beauty tech, consumer, retail tech, retail, DTC, diversity in tech, diversity in venture capital funding
Co-Founder @skindossier, @nextgenvp Venture Partner, Columnist @forbes, Contributing Writer @techcrunch & @beautymatter, @techstars mentor, Diversity Activist

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I write about the startup ecosystem, venture capital, private equity, female founders, health tech, DTC, diversity in tech, health/beauty/consumer/retail tech, personalization, and health, beauty & wellness.

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Female Founder Bootstraps Bridal Beauty Into Portfolio Empire

Female Founder Bootstraps Bridal Beauty Into Portfolio Empire

This female founder bootstrapped her bridal beauty side hustle into a multi-million dollar portfolio spanning…

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The Longevity Investor Coup: Billionaires And Sovereigns Overtook VCs

The Longevity Investor Coup: Billionaires And Sovereigns Overtook VCs

Billionaires, dynasties, and sovereign funds are emerging as the dominant longevity investors, reshaping long…

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Predictive Health: How Multi-Omic Testing Is Transforming Care

Predictive Health: How Multi-Omic Testing Is Transforming Care

Predictive health powered by multi-omic testing is shifting care from reactive to preventive, enabling early …

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Post-Click E-Commerce: How Spangle AI Aims To Fix Retail's $8B Leak

Post-Click E-Commerce: How Spangle AI Aims To Fix Retail's $8B Leak

Post-click is where e-commerce wins or loses. Spangle AI tackles the $8 billion post-click leak with agentic …

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The Kayak of Rideshare: Obi's New CEO Bets on Pricing Transparency

The Kayak of Rideshare: Obi's New CEO Bets on Pricing Transparency

Obi's new CEO aims to bring rideshare pricing transparency to a $480 billion market, positioning the "Kayak o…

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Why VC-Backed Longevity Startups Are Dying In A $5 Trillion Wellness Market

Why VC-Backed Longevity Startups Are Dying In A $5 Trillion Wellness Market

Why VC-backed longevity startups like Forward and Modern Age are shutting down despite booming consumer deman…

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Articles

When Markets Serve Women, Male Founders Still Get The Money — VC Keeps Paying The Price

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Kim Kardashian's SKIMS Beauty Taps Diarrha N'Diaye as Executive Vice President. (L to R Kim Kardashian and Diarrha N'Diaye) SKIMS Venture capital has a gender arbitrage problem that the industry refuses to confront. The markets that serve women — beauty, wellness, grooming, fertility, menstrual health, and women’s health broadly — represent some of the most powerful, recession-proof consumer sectors in the world. They are vast, sticky, and predictable.
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Microsoft Let the Professional Internet Stall

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By Sindhya Valloppillil
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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: LinkedIn logos are displayed on an iPhone and computer screen on August 3, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Getty Images LinkedIn hasn’t meaningfully evolved since 2016 — the year Microsoft acquired it for $26.2 billion.
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Sunday’s $21M Series B And The Global Race To Transform Restaurant Payments

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sunday cofounders (L to R) Tigrane Seydoux, Victor Lugger and Christine de Wendel sunday The Awkward Wait That Sparked a Fintech Movement The worst part of dining out isn’t the wait for the table — it’s the wait for the check, that awkward limbo between satisfaction and frustration. For decades, that final ten-minute purgatory at the end of a meal has frustrated guests and slowed servers.
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What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

"Unicorn Is A Drug In Silicon Valley" published by BeautyMatter is one of my favorites. It's been trending on GoogleNews for 2 months.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

The best articles have deep insights that require personal experience and observation. Focus on your domain expertise or go deep and learn!

When's the best time to pitch you?

Anytime

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