Maneesh Bhandari

Founder

Pune, Maharashtra, India34 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of multiple startups in diverse sectors
Expert in venture capital and angel investing
Leader in strategic consulting and business development

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor in technology-driven sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentVenture CapitalAngel InvestingStrategic PlanningManagementTeam ManagementStrategic ConsultingMentoringIdentity ManagementSecurity

Other Skills

Start-ups

Experience

Growthpal.com

Founder & CEO

Oct 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 5 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Helping Strategic Corporates and Companies in the new-age sectors do transactions at a much faster pace than conventional investment bankers. Reach out on support@growthpal.com to schedule a call.

EntrepreneurshipStrategic ConsultingBusiness Development

Persistent systems

M&A, Persistent Ventures, Strategy

Aug 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

Propeluss

CEO

Apr 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune Area, India

Robo Investment Banker platform for new age businesses. The platform is an enabler for Business Partnerships, Investments, M&A and Acquihires through high quality data, algorithmic curation, and large network.

Business DevelopmentStrategic Planning

Centre for innovation incubation and entrepreneurship, iim ahmedabad

3 roles

Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund

Sep 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Pune Area, India

Early stage venture capital fund focused on technology innovation-led ventures. Some of the key sectors include health-tech, agri-tech, clean-tech, fin-tech, and other digital technology areas.

ManagementTeam Management

Director, Pune Operations

Sep 2014 – Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Pune Area, India

Raising Bharat Innovations Fund to invest in deep-tech ventures out of India focused on large problems in sectors such as Health, Fintech, Security, IoT, etc.

Venture CapitalStrategic Consulting

Angel Investor and Mentor

Sep 2011 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Pune Area, India

Angel partner for iAccelerator and also mentor to Power Of Ideas and Social Entrepreneurs

Venture CapitalStrategic Planning

Ecozen solutions

Board Member

Jun 2012 – Sep 2018 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

Solar Cold storage (Ecofrost) and Controller for Solar pumps (Ecotron).

Framebench

Investor Director

Mar 2012 – Nov 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Pune Area, India

Acquired by Freshworks

Angel Investing

Lets intern career solutions pvt. ltd.

Investor Director

Oct 2010 – Jan 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

Acquired by Aspiring Minds

MentoringAngel Investing

Kalyan business services (ruralshores center)

Managing Director

Jun 2010 – Apr 2018 · 7 yrs 10 mos

This is an initiative to create jobs in the Rural areas in the BPO sector. First center operational in Jobner (near Jaipur, India).

EntrepreneurshipBusiness Development

Various startups

Angel Investor

Jan 2010 – Present · 16 yrs 2 mos

Invested in Genomics, Retail Analytics, Consumer, Personal Care, Fintech, Life Sciences, Edtech, Agri-tech, Security, Risk & Compliance, and other startups.

Angel InvestingVenture CapitalStart-ups

Sena systems

Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman

Feb 1999 – Dec 2009 · 10 yrs 10 mos · Greater New York City Area

Leading Identity Management firm globally. Acquired by Aurionpro (listed in India) in 2008, the SENA division later became part of KPMG USA (2017-18)

Angel Investing

Citigroup

Vice President, Security Architecture

Jan 1993 – Jan 1998 · 5 yrs · Greater New York City Area

Built industry's first distributed computing security product (CitiSAFE an internal product, and also collaborated with HP for Praesidium line of products)

EntrepreneurshipIdentity Management