Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Founded Organizations 2
  • Primary Job Title Founder & Executive Chairman
  • Primary Organization 
    ClassPass
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

Payal Kadakia is the Founder and Chairman of ClassPass, a membership program that provides people of all fitness levels access to the best boutique studio classes across the US. Since its launch in 2013, ClassPass has facilitated 50 million reservations across 10,000 studios in 50+ cities globally.

Payal is also the Founder and Artistic Director

of The Sa Dance Company, founded in 2009 with the mission to increase awareness of Indian Dance in the mainstream and serve as a platform for expressing the Indian-American identity through movement.

Payal previously worked as a consultant at Bain & Company and holds a degree in Operations Research from MIT.

Number of Investments 3
Payal Kadakia has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Kindred on Apr 4, 2022, when Kindred raised
$7.8M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Apr 4, 2022
Kindred
—
Seed Round - Kindred
$7.8M
Feb 1, 2022
OLIPOP
—
Series B - OLIPOP
$30M
Aug 16, 2019
Live Tinted
—
Pre Seed Round - Live Tinted
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Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 3
Payal Kadakia has 2 current jobs as Founder & Executive Chairman at ClassPass and Founder & Artistic Director at The Sa Dance Company. Additionally, Payal Kadakia has had 3 past jobs including Chief Executive Officer at ClassPass.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
ClassPass
Chief Executive OfficerFeb 2011Mar 17, 2017
Warner Music Group
Digital Strategy and Business Development——
Bain & Company
Consultant——
Number of News Articles 72
Funding Round•Apr 4, 2022
Kindred raised $7,750,000 / Seed from Adena Hefets and 14 other investors
Funding Round•Feb 1, 2022
OLIPOP raised $30,000,000 / Series B from Adam Eskin and 33 other investors
News•Dec 27, 2019
Funding Round•Aug 16, 2019
Live Tinted raised an undisclosed amount / Pre Seed from Color Capital and 7 other investors
News•Jun 7, 2018