Manoj Kambadur

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Designed innovative education programs at Stoa.
Led successful launch of Swiggy in Hyderabad.
Managed venture capital operations across multiple countries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile professional in Education and Venture Capital sectors with strong operational and strategic skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program DesignCareer Services ManagementBusiness OperationsVenture CapitalInvestment AnalysisImpact InvestingInvestment AdvisoryFinancial ModelingOperations ManagementConsultingErp Implementation

Other Skills

AdvisoryAnalyticsBusiness AnalysisBusiness AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceBusiness ProcessBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness StrategyCompetitive AnalysisCurriculum DevelopmentData AnalysisDeal Pipeline DevelopmentDeal ScreeningDeal SourcingDue Diligence

About

I design and execute higher education programs. Learning and skill building can go hand in hand, and they can be fun and engaging as well. Recently built a new-age business education company at Stoa. I ran the program that covered: 1. Bringing amazing guest faculty to give back to the community through teaching 2. Designing the program along with the wonderful program design team 3. Managing the career services team to help startups find vetted talent available throughout the year 4. Designing a life coaching program that helps Stoa fellows gain clarity in life and turn into confident leaders Previously, I worked on education projects in higher ed and K12, launched Swiggy in Hyderabad, invested in startups and supported portfolio operations of multiple venture capital firms based out of USA (Capria Ventures), Japan (Mitsui &Co) and India (Endiya Partners), and implemented strategy & tech projects as a Consultant.

Experience

10 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Stoa

Co-Founder

Oct 2020 – Oct 2024 · 4 yrs · India

Along with the co-founder duties around business direction, policies, hiring, and other stuff, my work span everything right after a person was admitted to Stoa to their graduation.
Designed & executed the program, curriculum and the entire student journey post admissions
Set up the systems of convincing, onboarding and supporting top tier industry experts to come and deliver courses
Got trained in instructional design and worked with several experts to learn how to train others to craft engaging sessions.
Taught several workshops, case weekends and courses
Set up the career services team that includes both employer relations and mentoring pool
Designing the life coaching program with ICF coaches, a unique Stoa value proportion
Designed and executed the Stoa Charter by incorporating real world projects from companies such as Swiggy, Cars24, Want Wealth, Dhan, Bombay Shaving Company and others

Program DesignCurriculum DevelopmentCareer Services ManagementInstructional DesignLife Coaching

Uable

Head Of Business Operations

Mar 2020 – Aug 2020 · 5 mos · India

Led growth for the initial phase of the company
Set up early systems and processes

Business OperationsGrowth StrategyProcess Setup

Endiya partners

Associate

Dec 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr · India

Endiya Partners is an early-stage venture capital fund. Endiya's portfolio includes Darwinbox, Kissht, Cure.fit, ekincare among others.
Sourced deals and managed the deal flow process
Conducted due diligence on investment opportunities in various sectors
Conducted due diligence for a couple of fund investments
Led periodic MIS reviews and portfolio improvement process
Supported fund operations, reporting and compliances

Deal SourcingDue DiligencePortfolio ManagementVenture Capital

Capria

Investment Fellow

Mar 2018 – Sep 2018 · 6 mos · United States

Capria is a global investment firm advancing the next generation of local fund managers in emerging markets.
Evaluated over 100 fund managers for selection into Capria's strategic partnership cohorts
Analyzed deals across Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia for Capria
Enhanced the due diligence process for Capria Fund's investments
Built internal dashboards to manage Capria's fund manager network
Built templates for to improve the funds screening process

Fund EvaluationInvestment AnalysisDue Diligence

Self employed

Impact Investing - Education

Jun 2017 – Feb 2018 · 8 mos · United States

Focused on education sector:
Built deal pipeline and evaluated early stage social enterprises for foundations and funds in USA
Recommended ways of scaling impact through new partnerships for a foundation
Conducted market research for a foundation on how they can design their PRIs and MRIs
Recommended best practices on impact measurement of large foundations

Impact InvestingDeal Pipeline DevelopmentMarket Research

Austin technology incubator

MBA Intern

Sep 2016 – Apr 2017 · 7 mos · United States

Screened deals as per the incubator's investment thesis
Advised a CleanTech portfolio in pricing and marketing strategy decisions

Deal ScreeningAdvisoryMarket StrategyInvestment Advisory

Everfest

Founder's Office

Jun 2016 – Dec 2016 · 6 mos · United States

Worked directly with the CEO in the company's early days.
Built the financial model, pitch deck and investor shortlisting for a successful Series A fundraise of $3.6M
Recommended strategic choices for the company through market analysis and company data
Recommended and implemented platform decisions to enable platform trust and efficiency for all stakeholders

Financial ModelingPitch Deck DevelopmentMarket Analysis

Swiggy

Launch Manager

Mar 2015 – Jul 2015 · 4 mos · India

Post-MBA admit and pre-MBA joining role:
Launched Swiggy in Hyderabad.
Built and executed strategy for the phase-wise expansion of Swiggy in Hyderabad
Hired initial team across sales, operations, vendor management and photography
Set up training programs and scaled the sales team
Led operations and grew the company from pre-launch to a monthly order rate of 20,000 orders.
Cascaded Swiggy's customer-obsession culture from founding team to Hyderabad operations

Strategy DevelopmentTeam BuildingOperations Management

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Solo Backpacking

Feb 2015 – Mar 2015 · 1 mo

Backpacked alone across SE Asia. Learned a lot!

Aumentis consulting

Business Analyst

Jul 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · India

Aumentis was a boutique Consulting firm with an incredibly talented team.
At Aumentis, I worked on 2 major lines.
1. Retail:
Recommended go-to-market strategies for retail brands that were looking to launch new categories
2. Investment advisory for Mitsui Global Investment (Corporate Venture Capital arm) of Mitsui & Co, a $60 Billion revenue Japanese conglomerate
Conducted due diligence on several early stage & growth stage deals
Sourced and screened deals from various sources
Supported portfolio investments on scaling their operations and improving their margins
Expanded the firm's network by joining various ecosystem partnerships and attending events
Built investment theses through sector studies and interviews

ConsultingInvestment Advisory

Deloitte

Business Technology Analyst

Jun 2009 – Feb 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos · India

Implemented large scale ERP solutions in a techno-functional role for Deloitte's Fortune 500 clients. Clients included large US retailers, utilities, chemical manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers and a German chemicals manufacturer.

ERP ImplementationTechno-Functional Analysis