Vishnu Acharya

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Launched Razorpay Ventures for B2B investments.
Cofounded OHH Daily, scaling meal subscription service.
Led corporate strategy and M&A at Razorpay.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Investment Management expert with strong corporate strategy capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Corporate StrategyM&aInvestmentsCorporate DevelopmentInvestment ManagementStartup DevelopmentFinancial AnalysisMarket Entry StrategyBusiness AdvisoryEvent ManagementApplication Development

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsBusiness DevelopmentCommunicationConsultingEntrepreneurshipManagementMarket AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointPitching IdeasPublic SpeakingSoftware DevelopmentTeam LeadershipTime Management

Experience

Razorpay

5 roles

Head of Corporate Strategy & M&A/Investments

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Launched Razorpay Ventures, backed by PeakXV & Lightspeed, to invest in B2B startups
More about this: https://razorpay.com/m/ventures/
Acquisitions: BillMe, Ezetap, Curlec (Malaysia), Poshvine, IZealiant, Tera Finlabs
Investments: Pop club, Hostbooks, GetVantage, Shiprocket, MSMEx, NextPay, Inai

ManagementEntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentCorporate StrategyM&A

Head of M&A and Investments

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

M&AInvestments

Corp Dev Lead (M&A/Investments)

Promoted

May 2021 – Sep 2021 · 4 mos

Setup the Corp Dev function
Leading Investment & Acquisition initiatives

ManagementM&ACorporate Development

M&A/Investments

Sep 2020 – May 2021 · 8 mos

Look forward to connect with startups in B2B Fintech/SME SaaS at vishnu.acharya@razorpay.com

Corporate Strategy

May 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Leading Corporate Strategy efforts

Seedstars

Venture Advisor

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

ManagementInvestmentsInvestment Management

Hostbooks limited

Board

May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

Msmex

Board

Jun 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

One more light

Advisor

Dec 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Mars shot ventures

Partner

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Mars Shot is a sector agnostic early stage Angel fund started by Harshil & Shashank (Founders of Razorpay) and some of us operators at Razorpay.
I manage investments for Mars Shot. Interested founders please write to me at vishnu@marsshot.vc
Select MarsShot Investments:
Verak
Questt
Probo
UltraHuman
Eka.care
OneCode
Workduck
Turnip
Hashnode
Codingal
Connected H
Project Pro
SuperK
Betafi
Raise
Toplyne
Newton School
Alphaa.AI
Hypd
GrowthX
Cheq
Procol
PeopleBox
Nakad
RePhrase.ai
AirBlack
Hospals
GoldSetu
Contlo
SourceWiz
Infynite Club
Zivy
Inkle.io

ManagementCorporate Strategy

Ohh daily

Co-Founder

May 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Cofounded the startup (previously named Crispy) & spearheaded the business of the meal subscription service. Devised strategy for growth through corporate partnerships, restaurant on-boarding & lean operations. Crispy (rebranded as OHH Daily!) is incubated at The Bombay Stock Exchange's Zone Startups and raised Angel funding. OHH Daily! is currently scaling up across Bombay

Frameri

India Expansion Consultant

Apr 2017 – Jun 2017 · 2 mos · United States

Frameri is a Shark Tank featured startup that sells patented optical frames with replaceable lenses
Worked with Frameri’s CEO for an India launch - analyzed product-market fit based on inputs from distributors (Oakley, Ray-Ban). Devised the market entry strategy.

Analytical SkillsFinancial Analysis

Bnp paribas corporate and institutional banking

Analyst

Jun 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Worked on various AML models
Worked on Fixed Income and Equity Models in the US markets that analyse and detect trade orders and executions for scenarios of front-running, wash, spoofing and other market manipulating and malicious market activities

Business DevelopmentStartup Development

Ey

Management Consulting

Jan 2016 – Feb 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Interned at the Business Advisory arm of EY Mumbai
Worked in a team of 5 to help a key Indian NBFC player set up a Small Finance Bank.
Assisted the client with a retail branch opening strategy to open up the Small Finance Bank
Summarized and analyzed value chain data and came up with solutions to certain
problems regarding logistics & supply chain
Presented my findings to the management of the client

Market AnalysisMarket Entry Strategy

Rolling scenes

Business Development

Nov 2014 – May 2015 · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Rolling Scenes is an event discovery platform. The main aim of the company is to help people discover events occurring in the city and make new plans instantly. Categories covered are restaurants, nightlife, live gigs, karaoke, cultural events, outdoor activities and much more.
Set up the business, with a team of 8 to manage product/tech, business development and marketing.

ConsultingBusiness Advisory

Agilisys

Software Developer

Jun 2014 – Jul 2014 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Created an inventory management application in dot net for Agilisys. It automated the tracking of inventory stock/goods

Business DevelopmentEvent Management

Team vaayushastra

Fabrication team

Jul 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr

Advanced Class
Built an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capable of carrying 15 pounds static payload and dropping an expellable payload of 3 pounds from a minimum altitude of 100 feet – Ranked 7th globally in 2014
Led the fabrication team
Designed and fabricated the carbon fibre fuselage and wing structure
Micro Class
Designed and built a portable drone with the highest payload fraction while simultaneously pursuing the lowest empty weight possible
Calculation of dynamic and static stability of the drone
Analysis of wing strength and impact load
Material selection of high strength & low weight

Software DevelopmentApplication Development