Mad Street Den
Mad Street Den is a computer vision and AI company that develops a general-purpose AI platform called Vue.ai, used by large enterprises to build AI-enabled applications. The company has raised $39M in funding, most recently in a Series C round in January 2023, and employs 120 people.
The growth story
Mad Street Den grew from 142 to 120 employees between 2019 and 2026, raising $39M along the way, most recently a Series C in January 2023.
About
Mad Street Den's Vue.ai platform integrates image, video, and text data to enable enterprises to create AI applications across various workflows. The platform is designed to scale AI capabilities for large organizations.
The company has raised $39M in funding, with its latest Series C round closing in January 2023. Its investor base includes notable firms like Alpha Wave Global and KDDI. With 120 employees, Mad Street Den focuses on building generalizable AI models for enterprise use.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at Mad Street Den, with 13 employees. The company is led by a team focused on scaling AI applications for enterprise clients.
The Mad Street Den org chart
Ashwini Asokan (Founder, CEO) leads 19 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Arts and Design 40 (-5% YoY), Engineering 19 (-39% YoY), Administrative 8 (+14% YoY), Information Technology 8 (-33% YoY), Sales 8 (0% YoY), Business Development 5 (+25% YoY).
Talent flow
Mad Street Den's workforce includes alumni from companies like FULL Creative, Zoho, and HCLTech, as well as graduates from institutions such as the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Former employees often move to companies like Freshworks, Amazon, and Meta.
Most common previous employers of Mad Street Den staff: FULL Creative (3), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2), Zoho (2), HCLTech (2), Ambattur Clothing (2), Intel (1). Former Mad Street Den employees most often moved to Freshworks (8), Vue.ai by M2P (6), M2P Fintech (6), Amazon (5), Meta (4), Rocketlane (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Mad Street Den mafia
Mad Street Den alumni have founded 14 companies, including Contineu, Huntd, and Ravenmail, which collectively employ over 100 people.
16Mohan Sundar, was Platform Engineering intern until 2020Kandavel A, was Software Engineer until 2020Sampath S, was Growth Strategist until 2016Abhishek Pal, was Engineering Manager - Machine learning until 2024
Julia K. Dietmar, was Chief Product Officer until 2021
Janet Rajan, was Head of Product until 2020
Ken Sobajima, was Investor until 2021
Sri Venkata Reddy Goluguri, was Technical Consultant until 2018
Michelle Velan, was Head Of Business Development & Partnerships until 2018
Sima Kumar, was International Director of Marketing until 2017
Abhishek Awadhani, was Vice President - Finance, Strategy and Operations until 2021
Priyanka Ganesh, was Growth and Demand Generation until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 39% direct, 53% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Mad Street Den: Java (39), HTML (37), Team Management (36), Data Analysis (34), Management (33), Adobe Photoshop (23), Machine Learning (19), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (15).
Where the team actually sits
Mad Street Den people are concentrated in Tamil Nadu, India (32), United States (2), California, United States (2), Karnataka, India (2).
Search footprint
Mad Street Den attracts about 28 organic search visits a month. It gained 0 ranking keywords and lost 0 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.50 / 5
Frequently asked
Mad Street Den has 120 employees as of September 2026.
Mad Street Den has raised $39M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2023.
Mad Street Den was founded in 2016 by Anand Chandrasekaran.
Ashwini Asokan (Founder, CEO) sits at the top of Mad Street Den's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Mad Street Den staff are FULL Creative (3 people), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2 people), Zoho (2 people).
Former Mad Street Den employees most often move to Freshworks (8), Vue.ai by M2P (6), M2P Fintech (6).
At least 14 companies have a founder who previously worked at Mad Street Den, including Contineu, Huntd, Ravenmail.
Mad Street Den attracts about 28 organic search visits a month.
The most common skills among Mad Street Den staff are Java, HTML, Team Management, Data Analysis, Management.
Mad Street Den staff are concentrated in Tamil Nadu, India (32), United States (2), California, United States (2).
Mad Street Den has about 40 people in Arts and Design, down 5% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Mad Street Den has about 19 people in Engineering, down 39% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 45 current and 296 former Mad Street Den profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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