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Harsha MP

Harsha MP

Bengaluru

Summary

Product-driven founder with 3 + years leading full-stack teams from concept to production across mobile, web and GenAI. Took COGG from initial sketches to a live campus social app piloted across five universities and now steering its data-backed AI-first B2B SaaS pivot after seasoned by a year of hard feedback loops with users and VCs. Adept at aligning design and engineering teams, steering capital-efficient roadmaps, juggling Flutter/Firebase code reviews and investor decks, and securing early capital while scaling adoption.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-Founder & CEO

COGG Ventures Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
07.2022 - Current
  • Drafted wireframes and collaborated with designers on precise Figma mocks.
  • Coordinated a lean Flutter-Firebase team to launch V1 on iOS and Android in 8 months.
  • Delivered secure onboarding, role-based communities, forums, group chat, Voice Rooms, Live Stage events, personalised calendars, smart notifications, and robust safety measures.
  • Launched a high-converting landing page and trailer prior to product release.
  • Expanded user base to over 2,000 verified students across 30 communities with 25% DAU/MAU.
  • Secured pilots at NIT Silchar, NIT Calicut, BITS Hyderabad, IIM Vizag, and Jain University.
  • Attracted interest from AbhiBus and other brands for access to the verified student network.
  • Earned DPIIT Startup-India recognition and incubated at IIM Vizag FIELD while closing CCD round under SISFS.
  • Structured a semester-long internship program that guided multiple students through live feature releases, and positioned them for tier-1 tech offers.

Software Engineering Intern

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Mumbai
05.2021 - 07.2021
  • Developed front-end features and implemented UI fixes for internal gamified training app using React.
  • Delivered incremental updates each sprint to enhance load times and optimise user flows flagged in QA.
  • Achieved strong performance feedback, resulting in Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for full-time SDE.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering

National Institute of Technology Calicut
Kerala, India
01-2022

High School (11th - 12th) - MPC (Maths, Physics, Chemistry)

Sri Venkateshwara Classes
Vizag, India
01-2018

Elementary School (upto 10th) - ICSE

St.Anns English Medium High School
Vizag, India
01-2016

Affiliations

  • Car Prices Analysis & Predictions – Virtual-intern project with Verzeo; ran EDA on used-car data and benchmarked multiple regression models to estimate resale value.
  • Code for Good Hackathon Project – Built a waste-management web app for NGO Carpe in a 12-hour sprint; Node / Express / Mongo stack; performance earned an SDE summer-internship offer.
  • Trainect App – Node + Express web app that matches NIT Calicut students on the same train; Bootstrap/Semantic UI front-end and OAuth 2.0 authentication.
  • Yelpcamp App – Full-stack campground review platform (Colt Steele bootcamp capstone); Passport.js auth, CRUD operations, deployed to Heroku.

Accomplishments

  • Winner, Epivault 2.0 (IIM Vizag), 2024 – #1/90 startups.
  • Finalist, Ground Reality (BITS Hyderabad), 2025 – secured mentor panel & investor access.
  • DPIIT-recognised startup founder, 2024.
  • All India Rank 4611 in national level examination JEE Mains

Timeline

Co-Founder & CEO

COGG Ventures Pvt Ltd
07.2022 - Current

Software Engineering Intern

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
05.2021 - 07.2021

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering

National Institute of Technology Calicut

High School (11th - 12th) - MPC (Maths, Physics, Chemistry)

Sri Venkateshwara Classes

Elementary School (upto 10th) - ICSE

St.Anns English Medium High School

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