Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Invited by 100 Unicorns ($100M VC Fund) as a Corporate Invitee

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• (Please read About Us above before checking this information)
• Executive Summary: Board Advisor, CXO Profile. We can help your company with CRUCIAL Funding & Revenue Growth over the next 5 years. Scope: Identifying AI & future technologies to transform your company’s & India’s future, Strategy, $1M-1BN Debt/ Equity funding for Startups & LP VC Funding, M&A, Corporate & Consumer Sales
• Board Advisory/ Consulting Clients: Harvard Business Review, 100 Unicorns {$100M VC), Mailit Logistics (Angel Investor Ratan Tata/ ₹12 Cr/ $1.5M Revenues), RupeeBoss Fintech ($1.4BN GTV), eSmart Energy ($100M FY29E Revenues)
• Current Pipeline: $1BN Funding + $1BN Sales.
• M&A: Worked on M&A deals with Delhivery (India’s Logistics Unicorn, $4BN MCAP), OfBusiness (India’s most profitable Unicorn), OYO, Zypp, Adani, Reliance, Jio, Tata
• Funding Deals closed include SpiceJet Airlines (ET: ₹3000 Cr/ $375M with a testimonial from the SpiceJet CFO), Mailit Logistics (₹25 Cr/ $3M), G&L Profiles (₹25 Cr/ $3M) etc.
• Board Advisor – Role we can play for your organization
• Scope: Helping your company with CRUCIAL Funding & Revenue Growth over the next 5 years. Our scope includes identifying AI & future technologies, Strategy, $1M-1BN Debt/ Equity funding/ IPO/ M&A, 100+ C-Suite Connects for multi-million-dollar Revenue Growth (Corporate, Govt & Consumer Sales)
• Strategy: To constantly be on the lookout for fundraising, investment opportunities, tech & partnerships which can drive your growth for the next 5 years & transform India’s future. A few examples: UK based Ecofill (which we are pitching to Real Estate) can transform clay into construction grade concrete, to bring down construction cost of an Apartment by a whopping 20%! For Simmtronics Semiconductors Founder Dr. Sabharwal we coined the phrase “India’s Answer to Steve Jobs!". A Korean company can manufacture 5000 Litres of Ethanol via sea algae vs 500 Litres via Palm Oil
• For Board Advisor, we have a monthly advance retainer fee

Apr 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Advisory Council Member at the World Famous HBR - Harvard Business Review, which is the favored publication on thought leadership for Global Chairmen, CEO's, Industry Leaders, Policy Makers. My role is to advice on future content topics for the HBR.

Aug 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• (Please read About Us above before checking this information)
• PSI Funding is the world’s largest VC, PE Funding Network, with 1000+ Investment Funds (VC Funds, PE Funds, LP’s, Family Office Funds, Corporate VC’s, M&A, Unicorns etc.) from 30+ Countries. We are also connected to 5 Angel networks. For Debt, we are also India's largest Debt Funding Network with our MD connects across 100+ Banks/ NBFCs
• Some of the 1000 VC/ PE Firms on our network include Early-Stage VC’s (Inventus Capital, 3one4 Capital, IAN), Mid Stage VCs (Ananta Capital, Accel), Late Stage VC’s (Insight Partners, Bessemer, Bain), Consumer VC’s (DSG CP, Sixth Sense, Fireside), M&A (Unicorns, Tech Giants, Corporates), Family Office (Marico, Hero, Dabur), Private Equity (Premji Invest, TPG Capital). For Debt we work our network of MD's across 100+ Banks like Deepak Parekh (Founder, HDFC Bank), Uday Kotak etc.
• How We Work
• We work on an Advance Fee (With Zero Exceptions) + Success Fee
• For Board Advisor we have a Monthly Advance Retainer
• Email ID: getfunding@psifunding.com
• Website: https://www.psifunding.com/
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• Crucial Linkedin Top Connection Request Tip: Don’t be in “Spray & Pray Mode”. Send the Prospective Investor / Buyer a connection request with a small powerful message, get his mail ID, send progress emails for 6 months & then ask for funding.
• If you wish to speak with us, we have a paid call as described in About Us
• Wishing you the very best in your professional journey!

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Social Media Celebrity Speaker: Speaker at IITs, IIMs, CNBC, BW, Entrepreneur etc. & 29,000 Linkedin Followers, Due to this any Chairman/CXO globally is delighted to connect with me. Speaker at the National Institute of Technology on the same stage as Ashneer Grover (Shark Tank India Judge, Amazon Prime Show Host – Rise & Fall): -
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I54dBSnmQq0&t=1s
• Please refer to Links to the below events in this section or in “Featured” Section of Profile Summary. Or visit our website https://www.psifunding.com/in-the-news
• 1. Celebrity Speaker at the National Institute of Technology on same stage as Ashneer Grover, 2024
• 2. ET: PSI Client Spicejet Airlines raises ₹3000 Cr/ $375M funding! (Sept 2024)
• 3. VCCircle: Mailit Logistics (PSI Client) Series A $10M fundraise, Nov 2022
• 4. ET: Ratan Tata Angel Investor in Mailit Logistics (PSI Client), April 2021
• 5. Ratan Tata with Mailit Logistics Founder (PSI Client), April 2021
• 6. VC Panel Discussion Moderator | Startup Mahakumbh 1.0, Nov 2022: VC Panel Moderator at the VC Panel Discussion with VCs on the stage invited by us! Panelists: - (L-R)(1) Alka Goel, Partner, Alkemi Ventures (Healthcare VC - Series A) (2) Minal Shah, Inflection Point Ventures (Top Angel Network) (3) Ravi Bishnoi, Bajaj Capital (Top NBFC) (4) Prashant Narang, Partner, Fluid Ventures (Early Stage VC)
• 7. Solo Presentation: How to Startup, Scaleup & Fundraise | Startup Mahakumbh 1.0, Nov 2022
• 8. Honorary Title: Vishwapreneur ’22, Dec 2022
• 10. Khaleej Times – Fintech Edition, Aug 2021
• 11. FMW Investment Banker of the Year Award
• 13. IIT Bombay Summit 2018 & 2019 Speaker, IIT Madras Judge 2018
• 16. PSI Website: With Sanjeev Sanyal, Economic Advisor, PM Modi & other leaders like Rajnish Kumar (Chairman SBI), Ritu Marya (Editor in Chief APAC, Entrepreneur), Goa IT Minister. VIP invitee along with 200 VCs at Global VC Summit Goa (VIP Guest of India Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal)
• 17. Nominated for Cloud Committee by IT Minister Milind Deora

Jul 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

• Artbugs Ventures LLP is the name of the legal entity. Artbugs (seed funded twice, revenue generating) was India’s first E-Commerce Store in the space of Artisan based Home Décor. We offered products from a wide range of high demand categories such as Fashion Accessories, Home Décor, Teak Furniture (Rustic, Recycled), Sculptures & Paintings. Due to the success of PSI, we shut down Artbugs as Artbugs Founder Shradha Dahotre shifted to PSI full time as Co-Founder & COO. We developed deep E-commerce expertise here.

Apr 2013 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

• Artworld used to manufacture Home Décor products such as Traditional Wall Frames, Door Handles, Artistic Clocks, Solid Metal Sculptures) were conceptualized, designed, metal casted, assembled & hand painted by us. Hence we carry manufacturing expertise. These products we listed at Amazon, Pepperfry, Craftsvilla & got hundreds of orders from customers. This established our MVP which hence led to the formation of Artbugs. We also offered customized corporate gifting with clients from BFSI (IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of India), Manufacturing (Kirloskar Group, Forbes Marshall, Contrinex India Group). Artworld throughout its operations has been profitable & successful; this gave the Investor the confidence in us in Artbugs, and led to the funding & formation of Artbugs

Mar 2012 – Sep 2012 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Pivotal CRM (Part of Aptean Inc.) is a Top BFSI CRM in India with clients like Axis Group, ICICI Securities, SBI Life, Max New York Life, Chola General Insurance, Federal Bank etc. Other industry clients include Ticket Restaurant, TTK BPO etc.
• Country Head (Complete P&L Responsibility) of India/ South Asia for CDC CRM Solutions (60 employees), India Subsidiary for Pivotal CRM, which is owned by Aptean
• Left shortly to setup Artworld & PSI. Pivotal CRM subsequently got acquired by EY (Ernst & Young)

Aug 2009 – Feb 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Vasco is the #1 BFSI Authentication Vendor globally. Clients: 1700 banks. End Users: 200 Million FS Consumers
• Country Head for the BFSI vertical for India/ South Asia. Ach/Quota FY11: 110%, increased client base by 43% taking us to No 1 Rank for BFSI in India. Key competitors: EMC RSA, CA Arcot & 5 other OEM’s
• Our team secured wins in India’s Top 3 Banks: SBI, ICICI Group and HDFC Bank
• 10 million HSBC Customers worldwide use Vasco (Now Onepass) token for net banking & mobile banking
• Developed 6 new clients & managed 8 existing clients. Pursued Top 150 BFSI accounts in India
• Vasco was acquired by PE Fund Vista Equity Partners, the world’s largest Enterprise Software M&A Fund. Vista sold the Vasco business to Onespan, which is worth $400M & is one of the world’s largest IT Security companies.

Apr 2008 – Jul 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai & Bangalore

• About Finacle: Finacle is the Core Banking Division of Infosys with a dominating presence in India with 70% of India’s Top 20 Banks running Finacle & rated No 1 CBS by Gartner. Finacle also has allied solutions like eBanking, mBanking etc.
• Ach/Quota FY09: 210% - Highest in South Asia. Commended by Infosys Director TV Mohandas Pai as South Asia was the No 1 Region for Finacle world-wide for FY09. The region did $50M, 25% of global Finacle business
• Setup the Engagement Model for the South Asia region for Finacle; for key EM Customers including SBI, IDBI, BOI. Managed other accounts like Union Bank, Dena Bank, DCB etc. EM is a global Infosys model where an integrated Sales & Delivery Team report to the EM to provide enhanced customer experience & strong revenue growth
• As Regional EM was responsible for 30 Team Members (Sales & Delivery). SBI Team: 25 Members including Account Manager, Project Manager, 23 Onsite Team. For Other Accounts: 4 AM’s & 1 Sales Anchor
• Executive Anchor for ex SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri who was then DMD for SBI’s 32 Country Global Operations
• Worked with other Infosys Units (Systems Integration & India Business) for their India GTM strategy
• Wins: Worked with Account Managers, Delivery & Product Teams for the following key wins:-
• o SBI Core Banking Application Management (L2 Support), multi-million dollar deal, largest India deal
• o Also closed 2nd largest deal: FRS Global Regulatory Reporting for SBI Intl., multi-million dollar
• o Bank of India – Mobile Banking – First Infosys Worldwide Win for Finacle Mobile Banking
• o SBI Global Requirements – 32 Countries. Key Sites: India, Singapore, UK, USA

Dec 2004 – Jul 2007 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Managed & grew named Major Banking Accounts including all group companies. Ach/Quota: Between 90-125%. Primary Accounts: SBI & RBI (India Banking Regulator)
• Closed the largest deal in Banking Sector (USD 15M) for 25,000 Windows Servers Deal for SBI Group (SBI Group); the single largest deployment of Windows Servers for Microsoft worldwide till date; for SBI’s Core Banking. Won Global Award “Commercial Software Initiative Award” at MS Global Awards held at Atlanta, USA in 2006
• RBI: Managed India Banking Regulator RBI as both a client as well as for strategic MS initiatives in Banking. For RBI as client we won MS Exchange deal against Linux & IBM. RBI became the first PSU to endorse Windows Vista – leading to Central Govt. adoption. Also drove MS office usage across the Indian Banks with the Rajbhasha initiative
• BFSI First Wins: First BFSI deals in India for several new products: MSSQL2005 (DB), Proclarity (BI), Navision (ERP)
• Drove strategic Initiative around Financial Inclusion involving SBI Chairman, Microsoft India MD, MS HQ Seattle

Dec 2002 – Apr 2004 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Paladion is India’s No 1 Security Consultant with 70% market share in Indian Banking
• Developed Telco, ITES, BFSI Verticals for Paladion Networks. Ach / Quota: 114%
• New wins for BS7799 & Application Audit at VSNL & CCIL. Service Offerings: BS7799, Vulnerability Assessment, Application Security & Risk Assessment
• Gained deep insights into the Consulting Business
• Paladion got acquired by Atos, Europe’s IT Giant with market cap of $650M

Oct 1999 – Nov 2002 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• IFS Sweden is a European/ Global ERP Leader
• Set-up Western Region Operations for Escosoft – Escorts’ Group start-up in the IT sector; for its ERP Practice
• Escosoft was a joint venture between Escorts & IFS A.B. Sweden. IFS is a European/ Global ERP leader
• Promoting other divisions for Telco, Web Apps, Animation & IT Infrastructure Management Solutions. Industries: Manufacturing, FMCG, F&B, Process, Utilities, Retail, Shipping

Sep 1996 – Aug 1999 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai & Gujarat · On-site

• HCL Infosystems is India’s No 1 Systems Integrator & produces India’s best Sales Persons
• Ach/ Quota – Between 95-120%. In Year 1 achieved highest sales (110%) in my batch& hence promoted to E2K Sales, HCL’s Large Accounts Industry Vertical Sales Team. Clients: Included Telco (VSNL, MTNL, Docomo/Alltel) & Manufacturing (L&T Group, ABB, General Motors)
• Received HP’s Super Performance Award for the first deal in India for HP’s first 64 Bit UNIX Workstation in India on the recently launched Itanium processor. Complex multi-million dollar projects at Telcos MTNL & VSNL
• Met Ex Super Boss Ajai Chowdhry Co-Founder & CEO HCL & Arjun Malhotra, Co-Founder HCL recently in August 2023