Melvyn Brodie
First-time founder and former Private Equity Associate at TresVista. Co-founded EduWand, an AI-first classroom app, and took it from idea to launch on iOS and Android, leading product and operations while the CTO built the platform. Spent 4 years at TresVista in private equity analytics, fast-tracked to Senior Analyst and promoted to Associate to lead 3 analysts. Without a technical background, built 8 tools with AI coding assistants, most of them to run EduWand.
Capabilities
Finance and strategy
Financial modelling (portfolio pricing models), market sizing, revenue retention analysis and investment memos.
Operations
Team leadership, SOPs and process design, and client delivery with a final review before anything goes out.
Go-to-market
B2B outreach, pricing tests, lead generation and workshops.
AI and automation
Scheduled AI agents, workflow automation and internal tools built with AI coding assistants.
Selected work
Building and launching an AI-first classroom app
Live on iOS and AndroidRead case study →A coaching app for my fitness clients
No longer coaching; existing clients still use the app on their own.Read case study →Pricing LP portfolio bids for a top-3 global asset manager
Top 80% of each fund's assets underwrittenRead case study →Portfolio review dashboards for a US endowment
Filters by size, returns, year and geographyRead case study →Portfolio analytics and a reusable market-sizing model
Template used for multiple clientsRead case study →TresVista client names are withheld.
Experience
- Fast-tracked to Senior Analyst; Shining Star award as the team's top performer for the half-year
- Rated 5/5 in more than 60% of reviews, with no rating below 4/5
- Clients: a top-3 global asset manager's secondaries fund, a US endowment and a growth-stage SaaS VC (see Selected work)
- Private credit trading firm: tracked trading fees and macro data for the trading team and supported ESG rating analysis for an internal report
- D2C apparel: co-founded The Hoodie Cartel, a premium winterwear brand (Nov 2020 – Jan 2021, ~35 units), and launched Groovy, a custom T-shirt gifting brand (Jan – Mar 2024: 50 units, 1M+ Instagram reach on under ₹500 of ads)
- Fitness coaching (2026): built a training and diet programme and the client app used to follow it; earned ₹1.2L from a single client; no longer coaching
- Bijlee Solar, management trainee (summer 2020): worked directly with the founder on accounts, tender documentation and website content
Tools I built with AI coding assistants, without a technical background. Most were built to run EduWand.
- 01Email outreach automationGoogle Sheets, Apps Script, GmailDemo video coming soon
- 02Daily check-in agentClaude scheduled tasks, Gmail, NotionDemo video coming soon
- 03Tutorial video editorWeb app, ElevenLabs APIDemo coming soon
- 04GitHub Dating (AI tech radar)Claude scheduled tasks, Slack, NotionDemo video coming soon
- 05App Review DeskBrowser app, OCR, Word exportLive demo coming soon
- 06Student ClickerHardware prototype, firmware, dashboardDemo video coming soon
- 07Relay recorderWeb app, Google Drive, WhisperDemo video coming soon
- 08Coaching appWeb app, Netlify Functions, NotionRead the case study
Education
Outside work
Fitness
Set a goal for my 25th birthday and went from 78 to 67 kg, at 15% body fat, in three months. That led to paid coaching.
Sports
Led the sports club at TresVista's Bangalore office and ran its flagship sports events.
Music
Rock and electronic music.