Product Marketer, Startup Advisor, and Writer rooted in Toronto, working globally.

Kailah Bharath - Shane Parent Photography

Photo Credit: Shane Parent

Kailah is a marketing leader building diverse product-focused brands across technology, creativity, and social impact. As a three-time founding marketer and two-time head of marketing, she's designed go-to-market systems and resonant narratives at startups from pre-seed to Series D.

Currently, she's consulting with mission-driven, early-stage startups and co-creating Root and Flow, an independent interview-based magazine.

Previously: Head of Marketing at Unified.to, Director of Product Marketing at Vendasta, and Co-founder of Syzygy Toronto.

SPEAKING / RECOGNITION

Shopify logo featuring a shopping bag with an 'S' on it and the text 'shopify'.

Editions.dev, $$$$ Mastermind
Speaker, Toronto

Web Summit logo with stylized mountain peaks.

Web Summit, Global Toronto
Panelist, Lisbon

A logo with a red, white, and blue color scheme featuring a star and the words "Veterans Crisis Line".

SXSW, Pitch Competition
Finalist (Unified.to), Austin

Black text reading 'techstars' on a white background.

Techstars, S23 Cohort
Founding Marketer, Toronto

  • Screenshot of the Unified website homepage showing the headline about real-time unified API for AI-first products, with navigation menu, call-to-action buttons, and various features and integrations sections.

    GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY

    API Data Software Startup
    Influenced 80% of revenue
    Raised $1.1M pre-seed round

  • Logo of CalendarHero, formerly known as Zoom.ai, featuring a colorful geometric arrow icon and black text.

    PRODUCT REPOSITIONING & REBRAND

    AI Scheduling Software Startup
    6X increase in product adoption
    Acquired in 2021

  • A woman in a blue sweater and floral skirt speaking to an audience of women in a room with artwork and wooden flooring.

    CO-FOUNDING AN EVENT-BASED COMMUNITY

    Event-based Community Brand
    100% sold-out events
    20+ sponsored brand partnerships

SERVICES

  • I advise early-stage founders on go-to-market strategy, positioning, and narrative, helping clarify market fit and build scalable marketing systems. Whether you're launching, expanding, or preparing to scale, I bring a founding marketer's mindset to help you move from strategy to execution.

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    I take on a limited number of advisory engagements.

  • "Kailah has the largest range of any marketer I’ve worked with and really understands branding, positioning and messaging. She works diligently to get results and is a great person to work with."

    Roy Pereira
    CEO & Co-founder, Unified.to

  • "Kailah consistently delivered in the most fast-paced environment I’ve ever experienced. She directly contributed to successfully launching our app to an initial community of 30,000 users."

    Alice Irene Whittaker
    Author & Communications Consultant

  • "Kailah is the rare kind of leader who combines deep user empathy with a keen eye for data and numbers, resulting in the kind of decision-making that instills confidence and clarity in everyone around her."

    Andy Tran
    Head of DevRel, Heroic Labs

  • "Kailah is one of the best marketers I’ve worked with. She executed our rebrand seamlessly, which was received well by our customers and target audience. She’s great at driving brand recognition."

    Komal Salvi
    COO, Ownr