# Aleem Mawani

> Aleem Mawani is the Canadian co-founder and CEO of Streak, a CRM built into Gmail. A Waterloo software engineering graduate, former Google product manager and Harvard MBA, he helped turn a Y Combinator startup into a profitable software business, repurchased some early investors’ shares, and advocates ambitious growth with a small team.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Streak CRM
- **Organizations:** Streak, Google, Y Combinator, HOVR.IT
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, University of Waterloo, MBA, Harvard Business School, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded and built Streak’s Gmail-integrated CRM., Built Streak’s first backend and first iOS app., Reported $10 million ARR in October 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2009** — Product manager at Google; his own later account names work on Google Docs and Drive.
- **2009-2011** — Studied for an MBA at Harvard Business School.
- **2011** — Went through Y Combinator with co-founder Omar Ismail; pivoted from an earlier loyalty startup idea.
- **2012** — Began concentrating on Streak, a CRM integrated into Gmail.
- **2021** — Reported crossing $10 million in annual recurring revenue with a 25-person team.
- **2023** — Offered personal cash loans to small startups worried about payroll during the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.
- **2025** — Reported repurchasing around 60% of equity originally issued to investors; YC remained an investor.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and built Streak’s Gmail-integrated CRM.
- Built Streak’s first backend and first iOS app.
- Reported $10 million ARR in October 2021.
- Helped Streak become profitable after its initial seed funding.
- Reported reducing churn by almost 70% during the progression from $5 million to $10 million ARR.
- Advised Y Combinator startups on growing a profitable business after seed funding.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Hosted a Reddit AMA covering profitability, investor equity repurchases and a $50 million ARR goal with fewer than 50 employees.
- **2025-07** — Streak’s AMA recap reported over 50% of engineering resources being invested in AI-specific features.
- **2025-07** — Published an account of his internal How I Work document for remote collaboration.
- **2025-07** — Streak described a website redesign informed by Mawani’s way of explaining the product and reported a 66% increase in installs over the first two weeks.

## Links

- Website: https://www.streak.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleemmawani
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/aloo

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Last updated: 2026-10-11