Rajiv Srivatsa — Co-Founder
Around ~23 years experience in the technology industry, first building scalable products and companies across B2C commerce, B2C tech, mobile, supply chain areas and then investing into these businesses. Co-leading the deployment and operations of $75 Mn (Rs. 600 Cr) Global early-stage VC firm Antler in India currently. Run a podcast OneLifeTheory on happiness, potential and careers. Co-founded Urban Ladder and helped build it (~7.5 years) towards becoming the #1 omni-channel brand for furniture in India. Focused my efforts on the technology, strategy and people front. Raised 5 rounds of ~$100+Mn capital from some of India's best VC firms including Kalaari, Sequoia, SAIF Partners, Steadview and investors such as Mr. Ratan Tata, Anand Rajaram, Venky Harinarayan etc. Senior Product Manager (4 years) at Yahoo! - focusing on consumer facing cutting-edge online and mobile products in the Emerging markets including India, LATAM, SE Asia etc; Worked on media products for consumers across the entertainment, education, news, finance, cricket, movies, regional languages areas Previously was focused on corporate IT Services industry for over 6 years including software engineering (design / development / testing / implementation) {pre-MBA} and business analysis, requirements design, pre-sales activities, marketing, product management, relationship / account management, business development and sales, partner management for the manufacturing and logistics verticals in India, USA, Switzerland. Prior to MBA, experience (2 years) included hands-on coding, interfacing with client, writing use-cases and developing full fledged websites B2C Commerce - Building a consumer brand; Scaling up a consumer brand; Building vision, values, culture, product market fit; Starting up; Building technology and product management teams B2C Technology - Online and mobile products (Media Products; Education; Emerging Markets) - product management, product strategy, business plan, product execution (concept, design, PRD, development, testing), product marketing (GTM), interfacing with cross-functional teams; B2B Tech Services - business analysis, product management, requirements design, pre-sales and business development, strategy and business operations, account management, client delivery, partner management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C E-commerce and Venture Capital expert with a strong focus on product management.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 21 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Startup Development
- Content Creation
- Fundraising
- Digital Innovation
- Product Management
- Mobile Strategy
- Account Management
- Business Development
- Software Development
Career Highlights
- Co-founded Urban Ladder, leading it to profitability.
- Raised over $100 million in venture capital.
- Led product management for Yahoo! in emerging markets.
Work Experience
Antler
Founding Partner (India) (5 yrs 11 mos)
OneLife Theory
Podcaster / Blogger (6 yrs)
Self
Figuring Out Next Steps... (5 mos)
Urban Ladder
Co-Founder, CPTO (7 yrs 8 mos)
Yahoo!
Senior Product Manager (3 yrs 11 mos)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Account Manager (Consulting, BD, Business Analysis) (3 yrs 9 mos)
Infosys Technologies Ltd
Software Engineer (2 yrs)
Education
MBA at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
B Tech at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
N/A at P. S. Senior Secondary School
