# Shreya Murthy

> Shreya Murthy is the cofounder and CEO of Partiful, the text-first party invitation app that became Gen Z's default way to gather. Launched in 2020 during pandemic lockdowns, the New York company has grown past millions of users, raised a $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, won Google's Best App of 2024, and landed Murthy on the 2025 TIME100 Next list. A Princeton politics grad and ex-Palantir operator, she left mission-fatigued tech jobs to build the social layer for offline life, betting that parties are not frivolous but infrastructure for community.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Partiful
- **Organizations:** Partiful, Palantir Technologies, ASAPP
- **Nationality:** American (first-generation)
- **Education:** B.A. in Politics, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Cofounder and CEO of Partiful, used in over 100 countries, Raised $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (2022), Google Play Best App of 2024

## Career timeline

- **pre-2020** — Led business operations and strategy at Palantir Technologies
- **pre-2020** — Head of Product Deployment at ASAPP
- **2020** — Cofounded Partiful with Joy Tao (CTO), launching during pandemic lockdowns
- **2022** — Raised $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Initialized Capital; ~$100M valuation
- **2023** — Partiful reports millions of active users; profiled by Fortune and Inc.
- **2024** — Named Google Play Best App of 2024; Apple App Store Awards finalist for Cultural Impact; viral Timothee Chalamet lookalike contest hosted on Partiful
- **2025** — Named to TIME100 Next; Partiful on TIME100 Most Influential Companies; spoke at SXSW; added ~2M users in H1; began ticketing for monetization

## Achievements

- Cofounder and CEO of Partiful, used in over 100 countries
- Raised $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (2022)
- Google Play Best App of 2024
- Apple App Store Awards finalist for Cultural Impact (2024)
- TIME100 Next 2025 honoree (business/technology/innovation)
- Partiful named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025
- Grew to millions of users with ~2M added in the first half of 2025
- Featured speaker at SXSW 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Discussed building 'the social layer for Gen Z events' and Partiful's move into ticketing for supper clubs, concerts and community events as an initial monetization path.
- **2025-06** — Named to the TIME100 Next 2025 list; Partiful recognized among TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies.
- **2025-03** — Headlined a SXSW 2025 featured session, 'Winning the Shift to IRL.'

## Links

- Website: https://partiful.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreya-murthy-partiful/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/shreyamurthy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shreya_murthy/

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Last updated: 2026-06-05