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Siva Visakan Sooriyan

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Co-Founder & CTO at Arcana
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Siva Visakan Sooriyan is the Co-Founder and CTO of Arcana, a platform building high-speed, secure financial applications for institutional investors. A Carnegie Mellon graduate, he previously served as a Director of Engineering at LinkedIn, where he led large-scale teams for video, events, and messaging products, demonstrating his expertise in building consumer-facing technology.

As an angel investor, Siva is motivated by a desire to help founders and contribute to building the future. He emphasizes team culture, recently bringing his international team together for an offsite in Sri Lanka to reconnect and learn. He also actively engages with industry peers to share knowledge and brainstorm new ideas.

Interesting fact: Siva has received the "Young Alumni Award" from his alma mater, PSG College of Technology, for his exemplary professional accomplishments.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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Enterprise FinTech
As Co-founder and CTO of Arcana, he is building an enterprise-grade financial application to help institutional investors understand risk and performance.
Founder Mentorship
His stated goal as an angel investor is to primarily help the founders he invests in, taking a small part in building the future.
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Career

Work history

3-2022
Co-Founder & CTO
Arcana
11-2021 - 11-2021
Angel Investor
CypherD Wallet (YC W22)
7-2021 - 7-2021
Angel Investor
Levels.fyi
3-2021 - 3-2021
Angel Investor
Version Story
8-2020 - 8-2020
Investor
Viper Tech IOT Solutions
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Education
Master of Science (MS)
Carnegie Mellon University
BE
PSG College of Technology
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