Update Aug 2023: 10 yrs of building as an entrepreneur and scaling new verticals for 2 of India's Top Food Tech (Swiggy) and Qcommerce (Zepto) Working to build a Category Management vertical for new age online brands - on the business/ops side of things. Lets chat if you're building or working at one. TL;DR my top 5 experiences are highlighted below: [1] As a BITS Pilani + YIF alum, entrepreneurship has always been in my DNA: - 🚀 Founded Hunger Cycle Foods & bootstrapped to a profitable $200k ARR (now on 100% auto-pilot) - 😞 Founded & failed at 2 startups: (a) Dino - AirBnB for home experiences (b) Revidya - Byjus for soft skills [2] As a Revenue leader for Zepto (Quick Grocery E-Commerce): - 💰 Led the end-to-end annual operating plan aimed at over $200M ARR - 🪂 Led the governance charter for revenue - all metrics (TL+BL), all categories & unit economics [3] As the founder of an Angel fund investing across Seed to Series B (India & US): - 💰 Grew the fund size to $300K (4 LPs) and deployed over $150K - 🚀 We've invested across 32 Startups (all from our own partner funds & not crowdsourced) [4] As head of new food brands at Swiggy: - 🚀 Grew 5 brands from 0 to $1m ARR across 50+ locations in 4 months - 🚀 Took 3 brands worth $20m ARR from -20% EBITDA to +7% profitability in 3 months [5] As chief of staff to Cipla's global COO: - 🚀 Reduced pending orders to <1% & saved $100m inventory from an overall $650m business - 🎖️ Handpicked by Samina Vaziralli (EV Chairman) to kickstart India's PMO office