Vivek Gupta

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of India's disruptive meat brand Licious.
Recognized as one of India's top young entrepreneurs.
Expert in corporate finance and venture capital.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur and finance expert in the Food & Beverage and Venture Capital sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentMarketingCorporate FinanceVenture CapitalFinanceMergers & AcquisitionsFinancial Reporting

Other Skills

Business PlanningComplianceCustomer ExperienceInternal ControlsInvestmentsLeadershipManagementPackagingProcessingProcurementStart-upsStrategyTeam Management

About

Vivek brings the left-brain elements to the table as the co-founder at Licious. Along with his long-time friend Abhay Hanjura, the duo has built India's most disruptive consumer brand in the meat and seafood space. At Licious, Vivek oversees marketing, technology, finance and expansion while driving the organization to focus on growth without losing sight of strong fundamentals and business viability with a customer first lens. Vivek draws immensely from his last stint at Helion Ventures where he spent close to 10 years in the finance team while also spending time closely with the portfolio companies of the fund on the operational side. His journey of excellence began as a student rank holder at Panjab University, graduating in Commerce and eventually becoming one of India’s youngest Chartered Accountant at the age of 21. Over the years, Vivek has been conferred with many prestigious awards and accolades: - Top 100 Indian Future CFOs - 2013. - Business World 40 Most Disruptive Entrepreneurs - 2018 - GQ 50 Most Influential Indians- 2018 - Fortune India 40 Under 40 – India’s young & brightest entrepreneurs- Class of 2019 - Economic Times- Most Promising Asian Business Leaders- 2019 He is a passionate badminton player who enjoys a good, competitive game every morning and has also won some prestigious corporate tournaments.

Experience

Licious - born to meat

Founder

Jul 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

Licious is India’s first absolute fresh meat brand offering its prized consumers a wide selection across all meat categories. Utmost care & personal attention goes into ensuring that you get the most prime meat …..
Licious aims to achieve the most unparalleled meat buying experience to all consumer who love their pound of flesh. By using state of art international methods of procurement, processing, packaging & storage, LICIOUS disrupts the entire value chain at every step of the way . This is well supplemented by an excellent last mile experience that gives its consumers the 100% "licious guarantee” of the most fresh , safe , hygienic & tender meat .Backed by the best of the industry experts who form a part of the core TEAM, Licious is bound to make India fall in love with “fresh meat” again.
http://www.financialexpress.com/article/companies/start-up-licious-looks-to-redefine-fresh-meat-space/137825/
http://wap.business-standard.com/article/companies/forget-meat-ban-this-start-up-gets-meat-delivered-at-your-doorstep-115091800841_1.html
http://www.vccircle.com/news/technology/2015/09/22/exclusive-mohandas-pai-kanwaljit-singh-invest-licious
http://m.thehindu.com/business/Industry/mohandas-pai-invests-in-meatdelivery-startup-licious/article7678300.ece
http://www.nextbigwhat.com/meat-delivery-startup-licious-funding-297/
http://www.medianama.com/2015/09/223-funding-roundup-licious-furdo-virtual-logic-others/
"Taslima Khan ‏@KhanTaslima 3h3 hours ago
Bangalore-based #startup Licious to provide fresh meat to consumers at their door steps. Backed by Mohandas Pai & Kanwaljit Singh @BT_India"
http://inc42.com/buzz/funding-galore-61/
http://www.restaurantindia.in/interview/starting-up/online-food-delivery/Licious-to-open-10-15-hubs-in-the-next-six-months-in-Bengaluru.i247/
https://lbb.in/bangalore/marinated-meat-delivery-bangalore/

EntrepreneurshipManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness PlanningTeam ManagementLeadership+1

Mobicom america llc

Non Executive Director

Jul 2015 – May 2021 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Singapore

A B2B mobile & web commerce products and solutions provider for dedicated commune verticals.
MobiCom delivers customized white labeled apps for communities that will enable them and their
members to interact and network as well as conduct commerce. All the B2B communes will be cloud hosted on the eCommune.com platform.
eCommune.com provides mobile commerce experience to its communes through proprietory solutions that will optimize their transaction value. A combination of behavioral pattern discovered through advanced algorithms and the consequent search optimization will deliver a personalized rich content experience, coupled with price discovery through an aggregated commerce platform.
Our endeavour would provide a secure infrastructure for communes across the globe for engagements leading to... "an interactive life in a commune".
MobiCom is headquartered in Singapore with Centres of Exellence in US and India.

Venture CapitalCorporate FinanceFinanceInvestmentsMergers & Acquisitions

Helion ventures

Finance Controller

Oct 2006 – Jun 2015 · 8 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Has been with Helion since inception. Helion is a $605MM early to mid-stage venture capital firm investing across a broad range of sectors including digital media, technology, consumer, education, financial services, and healthcare.
Helion is supported by a team of advisors who bring rich operating, entrepreneurial and venture experience, have a strong brand in India and a well-established network in global markets.
At Helion handled complete gamut of business finance including internal finance, handling all kinds of complex investment structures, M&A transactions, mergers between portfolio Companies, Acquisition by both domestic and foreign Companies, Restructuring the Companies outside India, experiencing a investee Company list on Nasdaq and exiting stocks

FinanceInternal ControlsFinancial ReportingMergers & Acquisitions

Tavant technologies

Corporate Finance Manager

May 2004 – Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

Tavant Technologies is a software solutions and services provider that employs cutting-edge and emerging technologies to provide game-changing results for its customers. Tavant is an ISO 27001 compliant and SEI-CMMI level 4 compliant organization. Tavant specializes in building custom technology solutions and providing end to end services across domains such as capital markets, consumer lending, manufacturing, media and entertainment, gaming, and retail.
At Tavant, was responsible for preparing Balance sheet, P&L and all other financials reporting. Dealing with Transfer Pricing related matters for both India and US Company. Compliance with all statutory requirements STPI reporting’s, PE tax filings, company law filings, advance tax etc. Liaising with all Govt. authorities, banks, auditors, US customers, lawyers etc.

Corporate FinanceFinancial ReportingCompliance