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Bharat Kumar

Wildcard · DISC type csi
Fellow at South Park Commons
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Bharat is an engineering leader and distributed systems expert, currently building a stealth startup as a Fellow at South Park Commons. An IIT Delhi alumnus, he previously served as VP of Engineering at Dream11, where he led 130+ engineers and scaled the fantasy sports platform to serve over 260 million users with $800M in revenue.

Outside of his direct professional roles, Bharat is deeply invested in the founders journey and the principles of a growth mindset. His interests lie in solving complex problems of scale and the intricacies of entrepreneurship, reflecting his current focus on building a new company from the ground up in San Francisco.

This is his second startup with co-founder Srijan; their first venture was a smartphone app company founded in 2013.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Fellow
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Bharat shows up

ROI Driven
Curious But Skeptical
Friendly But Slow

They are often friendly and nice, but can sometimes suprise you with their piercing questions They typically tend to be late adopters even when they seem friendly and excited about what you have to sell They are unlikely to ever become strong champions even when the conversations are going well; you should focus on cultivating other champions

Priorities

Topics Bharat cares about

Building Scalable Systems
As VP of Engineering at Dream11, he scaled platforms to handle over 16 million concurrent users and 260 million total users, focusing on distributed systems and microservices.
Early-Stage Ventures
He is currently building his second startup in stealth, backed by South Park Commons, demonstrating a clear passion for entrepreneurship and building new products.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Fellow
South Park Commons
7-2025
Co-Founder, CEO
Stealth
7-2023 - 7-2025
VP of Engineering
Dream11
7-2021 - 7-2023
AVP, Engineering
Dream11
7-2020 - 7-2021
Director Of Technology, Backend
Dream11
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2010 - 2015
Dual Degree (Bachelor of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
2000 - 2007
High School
Sacred Heart Convent, Mathura, UP
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

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