StartupWind
OperatingStartUpWind, Inc
Software & AI · B2B · Cupertino, CA · Founded 2016
AI-powered SMB innovation & mentoring platform for small business & startup owners
Financials
FY2020–FY2022 · from SEC filings · hover any figure for its sourceFigures as reported by the issuer in the filing shown on hover. Each year’s pill shows the assurance level of its filed statements — audited, reviewed (CPA review, less than an audit), or unaudited, as the filing’s own report or certification states it. A dashed pill marked * is inferred instead: the SEC minimum for an offering that size, which the issuer may have exceeded. No pill means we couldn’t tell. Headcount is the filing’s point-in-time count, not a year-end average. Manually corrected figures are marked “Corrected”.
Valuation over rounds
Pre-money — the valuation set before each round’s money came inBlue bars are the pre-money valuation the company stated for a priced round.
Fundraising history
Team
15 people
Naren is the founder of StartupWind with over 25 years of experience as an Entrepreneur, and Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer. At StartupWind, he worked closely with over 50 economic development and innovation programs growing the company from concept to revenue. Naren was Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE: TNET) leading product strategy for a $2 billion portfolio of cloud-based HR applications. At Saba, Naren was General Manager for Saba Learning products supporting $100 million annual business and 30 million learners worldwide. Naren also worked as a leader for SumTotal, BEA Systems, and Sun. Naren was featured in Forbes and was speaker at CLO World, TiECon, and BEAWorld. Naren has a MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.
Uday is the co-founder of StartupWind with over 25 years of leadership experience in the software industry with a proven track record to build highly scalable and innovative products at Workday, TriNet and Sun Microsystems. Uday was one of the first engineering managers at Workday who built the core Workday platform that supports over 50 million users on the platform. At Sun, Uday managed JDK libraries and Java Serviceability teams and delivered critical debugging features for Java Platform. Uday was also speaker at JavaOne, NASSCOM and other conferences. Uday worked with Naren at Sun and TriNet and they know each others for 20+ years.
Dr. Elizabeth Xu is a global technology and digital transformation leader, public company board member, and officer, a C-level executive with 20+ years of experience & track record of technology & product strategy/execution & customer satisfaction success. A Stanford University lecturer, she taught big data, global operation and leadership classes, authored a textbook and developed course material. She frequently speaks at industry conferences/events. Dr. Xu was the 2013 Women of Influence of Silicon Valley, 2017 WITI Hall of Fame winner, and received 10+ other awards such as Female Technologist of the year, Female Executive of the Year. A community leader, Dr. Xu is an Advisory Board member of WITI & Chairman and board member of Be the Change Foundation; a dedicated mentor for students at Peking University, MIT, Stanford & Berkeley Universities.
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Chairman UFirstCapital Former Investment Director at Intel Capital Investments & Exits: Palantir (IPO 2020), Pinterest (IPO 2019), DocuSign (IPO 2018), Pensando (acquired by AMD for $1.9B in 2022), BodyLabs (acquired by Amazon 2017), Voke (acquired by Intel 2016) Works on average 1 hour a week for the company.
Names and titles as disclosed on StartEngine, SEC Form C. Bios and photos come from the platform campaign page and may be out of date.
Reg CF annual-report compliance
Filed 1 of 4 annual reports (FY2022–FY2025)
Reg CF issuers must file a Form C-AR each year until a Rule 202(b) termination trigger is met.
SEC filings
View all 10 filings on EDGAR- Form C-TRApr 16, 20250001665160-25-000678EDGAR
- Form C-ARMay 1, 20230001665160-23-001102EDGAR
- Form C-UMar 7, 20230001665160-23-000371EDGAR
- Form C/AFeb 23, 20230001665160-23-000283EDGAR
- Form C/ADec 15, 20220001665160-22-003073EDGAR
- Form C/ADec 5, 20220001665160-22-003016EDGAR
- Form C/ANov 4, 20220001665160-22-002881EDGAR
- Form C/AOct 5, 20220001665160-22-002605EDGAR
About this data. Figures are compiled from public sources — SEC EDGAR filings (Form C, C-AR, 1-A, 1-K) and funding-platform pages — and may be delayed, incomplete, or restated by the issuer. Financial statements are as reported by the issuer; each year is labeled with its assurance level (audited / reviewed / unaudited). A valuation cap is the conversion ceiling of a SAFE or convertible note, not an agreed company valuation; post-money figures are computed as pre-money plus amount raised and are not a traded price. Crowdonomics is not a broker-dealer, funding portal, or investment adviser; nothing here is investment advice or an offer to sell securities. Verify all figures against the linked EDGAR filings.