Founder & CEO of Rivals

Hi, I'm Manraj.

What I enjoy is the building itself — the team and the revenue function behind a company, whether I'm starting it myself, joining early, or scaling one that's further along. Currently founder and CEO of Rivals.

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Building companies, at every stage.

A through-line from a lockdown drinks business to AI compute to competitive gaming: build the team and the revenue, then help it scale. Tap any role for the detail.

Rivals

2025—now Building a competitive-gaming company from the ground up — team, partnerships, funding. A competitive gaming company built on three products — skill-based tournaments, enterprise gamification, and digital identity. I'm building it from the ground up: the team, partner deals across four continents, and the funding. Live and scaling. Competitive gaming Founder & CEO

FluidStack

2023—24 Now core AI infrastructure for Anthropic, Meta and Mistral — I worked across the business as it scaled. GPU cloud for AI. I joined as a Founder's Associate in 2023 and worked across the business as it scaled — nine-figure supplier flows, FX hedging, compliance, and HR across ten countries. FluidStack has since become core AI infrastructure: it runs 100,000+ GPUs for labs including Anthropic, Meta and Mistral, signed a reported $50bn data-centre partnership with Anthropic in 2025, and is reportedly raising at an $18bn valuation. GPU cloud for AI Founder's Associate

Nexacath

2022—23 Growth and early-stage fundraising for next-generation catheter technology. Next-generation catheter technology. Led growth and early-stage fundraising for a medtech targeting a problem that costs the NHS billions. Medtech Head of Business Development
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Glytch Energy

2022—23 Built the influencer and email engine; grew revenue fourfold. US gaming energy-drink brand. Built the influencer and email engine — 150 partners, 16,000 subscribers — and grew revenue fourfold. Gaming energy drink Marketing Manager

AB InBev · ZX Ventures

2022 Built the esports function and ran its largest London student activation. Built the company's esports function and ran its largest London student activation to date. Esports operations Operations

Drinks Shop

2020—21 A direct-to-consumer drinks business built to £1.3M in thirteen months. A direct-to-consumer drinks business I built to £1.3M in thirteen months — top 1% of Shopify stores launched globally that year. £113,000 in a single Black Friday weekend; 400,000 organic visitors; zero paid media. Founded at eighteen and funded by Amazon warehouse nightshifts during lockdown. DTC drinks Founder

Before that: led teams of up to forty at live events, and mentored under the Head of Sports Business at Lewis Silkin.

About

The fun is in the building.

I like the work at any stage: starting something from nothing, joining early, or scaling a company that's already moving.

I started my first business at eighteen, funded by warehouse nightshifts during lockdown. Since then the best part has been the people — at FluidStack, under the tutelage of Gary Wu, Cesar Maklary, Zach Alexander and many more.

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English · Spanish · Japanese · Punjabi
Manraj Sandhu
Founder · UK

What I do

Building teams
Revenue & go-to-market
Fundraising
Partnerships & deals

Lately

A year on GitHub.

2,406 contributions in the last year @manrajcodes
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Writing

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Contact

Let's talk.

Building something, raising, hiring, or just want to compare notes? I read everything.

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