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Srinidhi Rao

Venture Capital Investments at Next47

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2017

  • Senior Associate

    2020

    Next47 is the global VC firm partnering with visionary founders and investing in B2B tech startups. Personal focus on Vertical SaaS, Robotics, Logistics & Industry 4.0 Worked on our investments in Sennder, Scoutbee, Wandelbots, Alaiko, Citrine, 75F

  • Investment Associate

    2018 - 2020

  • Intern

    2017 - 2018

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

2020 - 2023

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2023

2011 - 2016

  • Co Founder

    2011 - 2016

  • Business Development Manager

    2016 - 2016

    - Led the sales initiatives and manage about 25 accounts from FMCG practice - Cross-functional interaction with app development team, tech, operations and finance - Feature definition and product design inputs based on the customer interaction

2014 - 2016

  • Management Staff - Business Development & Licensing, North America

    2014 - 2016

    - Business Development and Licensing activities for Cipla North America. Identification and evaluation of potential partnerships for out-licensing, in-licensing and contract manufacturing opportunities across the US market - End to end licensing deals: prospecting, lead generation and evaluation, analytics, competitive and market intelligence, pricing decisions, due diligence, deal structuring, negotiations, deal closure, relationship management and new business generation - Build and manage relationships with senior executives (SVPs, Directors, BD heads) at customer organizations to successfully negotiate deals and generate new business opportunities - Aid the growth of existing partner business through supporting key launches - Make/Buy decisions by evaluating the fit of new product opportunity within existing Cipla portfolio/pipeline

2013 - 2013

  • Summer Intern, Alliance Management

    2013 - 2013

    - Project brief: Identify the key drivers for Health Care Professionals to initiate conventional insulin - Developed and executed primary research plan across 7 metro cities through direct interviews of over 110 Super Specialists along with competitive & statistical analysis - Identified the relevant services that are being provided by the service providers in the market - Developed a 2-tier prioritized intervention plan, marketing communication strategies and a demo website

2009 - 2012

  • Embedded Software Developer

    2009 - 2012

    - Design and implementation of device driver architecture for global four-wheeler OEMs - Reverse engineering project for an American Superbike major - Coordination with global teams (Singapore & US) during entire product development cycle