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Bachelor of Engineering
(1996 - 2000)
Total Funding: $87M
Total Funding: $29M
Total Funding: $150M
Total Funding: $170M
Total Funding: $120M
Total Funding: $23M
Total Funding: $82M
Total Funding: $15M
Total Funding: $6M
2012
I focus on early stage (Seed to Series-B) investments in Consumer Internet at Z47 (fka Matrix Partners India). Specific verticals of interest and expertise include eCommerce, Travel & Mobility and Media/Social/Gaming. Z47 is an investment firm with ~$1.5B under management, across four dedicated India funds. For more info please visit www.z47.com or email me at tarun@z47.com My investments include: - Ola (India's largest ride hailing company) - Practo (India's largest Health-tech platform) - Stanza Living (India's largest student accommodation startup) - MoEngage (Customer engagement & analytics SaaS) - Vegrow (B2B Fruits supply-chain platform) - CaptainFresh (B2B Seafood supply-chain platform) - Zupee (Gaming) - SuperOps (PSA and RMM software for MSPs) - Itilite (Travel B2B platform) - Dealshare (Grocery commerce for tier 2/3 India) - Treebo Hotels (Budget hotel chain) - Dashtoon (AI powered comics platform) + others Past Investments: - Zarget (acquired by Freshworks) - Myra Medicines (acquired by Medlife)
2011 - 2012
2011 - 2012
* Setup India operations * Built the development, product management, design, customer service and testing team * Led the company's rebranding from Ignighter to StepOut * Spearheaded product localization efforts to suit the Indian market * Led monetization efforts and scaled revenue 9x in 4 months StepOut was acquired by IAC / Match.com (NASDAQ:IACI) in September 2013.
2009 - 2011
* Complete P&L and operational responsibility for the BigRock.com business * Responsible for strategic planning and implementing the business plan * Hired, trained and setup a 45 member marketing, bizdev & sales team * Launched the business in India in April 2010 and have delivered 45% month-on-month revenue growth since then * Spearheaded the TV ad-campaign launch for BigRock.com in Jan 2011 resulting in a 5X increase in revenues; The campaign targeted Indian SMEs and has been described as amongst the most disruptive campaigns in recent times * Lead the Strategic Partnership team responsible for partner identification, developing synergistic partnership models, contract negotiation and partner management; Manage deals with Reliance NetConnect and JustDial amongst others * Lead all Online Marketing activities including SEM, PPC, Google adwords, SMM, display advertising & email marketing; Manage a 6-figure $ online marketing budget * Lead Offline Marketing activities including media planning, brand and communication strategy, agency selection, event participation, other ATL & BTL activities BigRock and other Directi entities were acquired by Endurance International (NASDAQ:EIGI) for $110 Million in January 2014.
2009 - 2011
2009 - 2011
* same as above
2000 - 2008
2000 - 2008
Consistently rated amongst the “Top 10%” of the firm for delivering tangible client results & winning new business; Awarded 3 fast-track promotions in 5 years to become one of the youngest Managers (1.5 years ahead of firm average) * Developed the business case & presented engagement pitch to a Fortune-500 US health insurer that demonstrated Infosys’ compelling value-proposition resulting in a $25M outsourcing deal win * Led a 35-member global team to program manage the maintenance & production support of 15 mission-critical Insurance applications; delivered savings of $8M to the client * Restructured the operating model & implemented a technology solution to limit regulatory penalty payments saving 20% ($1M) annually for a leading US Insurer; received personal commendation from client CIO & business head * Managed a team of 50+ people spread across geographies to modernize the member enrollment process of a Fortune-100 US insurer, enabling it to reduce the time to market new products by 3-6 months & gain a competitive edge * Led a 15-member emergency SWAT team that salvaged a complex $300M implementation by resolving several business-critical showstopper issues in a complicated multi-vendor scenario * Conceptualized & presented a strategic roadmap for global IT sourcing to a Fortune-100 client that was exploring offshoring for the first time resulting in a new client win with potential annual revenues of $20M in 2 years