Saurabh Agarwal — Co-Founder
Scaling a startup? Or navigating your next leadership move? I help high-growth teams and senior professionals win. I'm Saurabh—CA, CS, IIM Lucknow alum—who left the safety of leadership roles to solve a deeper problem: Startups need the right people to scale. Senior professionals need the right positioning to grow. So I built businesses that solve both. At HireVeda, we partner with founders to solve their hardest hiring challenges—across product, tech, finance, and business leadership. We've worked with 300+ VC-backed startups to hire top 1% talent—with speed, precision, and deep founder alignment. We also built ExecEdge—a career accelerator for senior professionals navigating the hidden job market. We help them reposition their narrative, connect with decision-makers, and land leadership roles faster. I’ve built 3 profitable, bootstrapped businesses over the last decade. No outside capital—just execution, empathy, and obsession with value. Outside of work, I lead the Learning vertical at Young Indians, stay deeply involved in community building, and spend mornings walking by the lake with my 3-year-old—reminding myself what real balance looks like. This is about building real value, creating real impact, and living a life that matters. If you're a founder hiring for scale—or a leader ready for your next chapter— 📩 Let’s connect: saurabh@hireveda.com or DM me directly.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Recruitment expert with a strong focus on strategic consulting and talent acquisition.
Experience: 15 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Business Strategy
- Data Solutions
- Strategic Consulting
- Banking Operations
Career Highlights
- Built three profitable businesses without outside capital.
- Expert in connecting startups with top talent.
- Led community building initiatives at Young Indians.
Work Experience
Young Indians
Co-Chair Learning | YI Jamshedpur (1 yr 2 mos)
Co-Chair Yuva | YI Jamshedpur (11 mos)
HireVeda
Co-Founder (4 yrs 10 mos)
MensXP
GM/ Head of Operations- MensXP Ecommerce (3 yrs)
ShopClues
Business Head (Smartship) (1 yr 11 mos)
SmartShip
Board Member- Director & Business Head (1 yr 11 mos)
Stint Mint
Co Founder & Director (2 yrs 3 mos)
Aditya Birla Group
Leadership Associate (1 yr)
Group Summer Associate (2 mos)
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Jt. Academic Secretary, Students' Council (1 yr)
R. Gopal & Associates (Chartered Accountants)
Partner (2 yrs 11 mos)
Central Placement Cell, University of Delhi
Co Founder (11 mos)
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Université catholique de Louvain
CA at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
CS at The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
B.Com. (H) at Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi
at Loyola School Jamshedpur
