Suraj Garia ⚞

Co-Founder

Hyderabad, Telangana, India5 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in fundraising strategies for startups.
Founded a successful furniture export business.
Contributed to a top-ranking electric racing team.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a startup entrepreneur with expertise in fundraising and business development.

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Core Skills

FundraisingBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipProject Management

Other Skills

Business aggregationBusiness narrative articulationBusiness plan presentationExport strategyFundraising strategySales and marketingTeam collaboration

About

Hey there! I'm Suraj Garia, a fellow startup enthusiast with a background in product design, visual communication & creating business narratives. Since my third year in college, I've been working with Series A+ startups to help refine their communication for an investor audience. Portfolio clients include startups that have raised funds from Accel, Inventus Capital, Kube, Sequoia, Verlinvest, Y-Combinator, etc. In addition to that, I've been involved in some exciting projects, including: Building Easyhealth (part of IIT Madras incubator): an AI tool to analyze medical records for improved diagnostic accuracy. Founding Hivven (Churu Udyog): organized local furniture manufacturers & provided them with a professional front for exports, achieving ₹1 crore in monthly GMV at its peak. Excited to connect & exchange ideas. Feel free to reach out anytime at: surajgaria12@gmail.com

Experience

Self-employed

Fundraising Strategist

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

For enquiries, please reachout at: surajgaria12@gmail.com
I work with startups raising their Series A or later rounds to help re-articulate their business narrative from an investor's perspective. Portfolio clients include startups who've raised from Accel, Inventus Capital, Kube, Sequoia, Verlinvest, Y-Combinator, etc.

Fundraising strategyBusiness narrative articulationFundraisingBusiness Strategy

Churu udyog

Founder

Oct 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Churu Udyog is a project to aggregate & empower small furniture manufacturers to tap into export markets - profitably scaled the business to over ₹1cr in monthly GMV.
We noticed that large manufacturers added an unreasonably high margin for smaller export orders, while small manufacturers were too fragmented & lacked a professional front to compete for these orders. This was an opportunity to aggregate small manufacturers and offer importers a highly competitive price. Our role was to provide a professional front - handle sales, marketing and tech - so the manufacturers could focus on what they did best: manufacturing.
Although the project is no longer active, the assets, marketing materials, and networks we built help our partners land export orders even today.

Business aggregationSales and marketingExport strategyBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Iit bombay racing

Business Associate

Nov 2019 – Jun 2020 · 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

In my first year of college, I joined IIT Bombay's Formula Electric Racing team. Each year, the team builds a new formula-electric race car to compete in global tournaments. One of the key events is the Business Plan Presentation, where we pitch our team, technology, and plans to potential investors. I helped create & present this pitch at the Formula Student UK tournament, where our team placed 4th out of over 100 international teams.

Business plan presentationTeam collaborationProject ManagementBusiness Development