Shalin Bhatt

Co-Founder

Gurugram, Haryana, India10 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led growth marketing at Zomato during IPO.
Bootstrapped SaaS and eCommerce businesses successfully.
Executed multiple investment deals in venture capital.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a MarTech and SaaS expert with strong growth and investment acumen.

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Skills

Core Skills

Growth ManagementBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipMarketing StrategyUser GrowthVenture CapitalInvestment AnalysisMarket ResearchAnalytics

Other Skills

Accelerated GrowthAnalysisB2B MarketingB2B Marketing StrategyBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness GrowthCXO level engagementCleverTapConsultingCross-functional Team LeadershipData AnalysisData VisualizationDigital MarketingDigital Strategy

About

Failed startup founder. --- Shalin's career spans a martech SaaS entrepreneurial journey, growth & marketing leadership at Zomato, and VC investing with Matrix Partners. At Zomato, Shalin was a core leadership team member contributing to the 10x scaleup journey of Food Delivery from early-growth stage to IPO. As Head of Growth, he set up and scaled teams driving platform demand. Across his teams, he managed $XX MN+ performance marketing budgets, retention marketing at a 50MN+ user scale, demand planning across 500+ cities, and strategic partnerships with 50+ ecosystem partners. Through this journey, he has led a diverse talent mix of strategic (growth managers, PMs, analysts, data scientists), operating (marketing operations) & creative (copywriters, designers, ad agencies) teams. As a VC with Matrix Partners, Shalin took inspiration from founders. His own recent startup journey taught him humility through the highs/lows as a founder. Earlier in his career, Shalin worked in analytics with GroupM (WPP) in Singapore guiding global CPG clients on data-led marketing ROI improvement. Shalin is an avid reader, enjoys playing guitar, closely tracks startup innovation, and is a football/cricket enthusiast. As a recent parent, he is experiencing the many joys of fatherhood.

Experience

Zomato

2.0

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Moloco

Senior Director

Nov 2023 – Jun 2024 · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Led 0-to-1 for a new business line Moloco Streaming Monetization, partnering with CXOs of streaming platforms to monetize their traffic through Moloco's proprietary ML-led advertising solutions.

Growth ManagementBusiness Strategy

Self-employed

Co-Founder

Aug 2021 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Bootstrapped SaaS & eCommerce businesses as a co-founder leading a small team. Wrote about it in detail in the post below.

EntrepreneurshipBusiness Strategy

Zomato

2 roles

Head of Growth

Promoted

Sep 2020 – Jul 2021 · 10 mos

Led the overall growth marketing stack for Zomato (getting more users & usage). Key P&L responsibilities included owning overall marketing ROI accountability, growth strategy, new user acquisition initiatives, business forecasting, customer retention, go-to-market for new launches, among others.

Growth ManagementMarketing Strategy

Associate Vice President, User Growth and Marketing

Jul 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Strategy & Ops to drive user growth for online ordering at India's top food business. Set up and was head of various functional marketing teams - Retention Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Digital Marketing, Promotional Marketing, Referrals.

P&L ManagementUser GrowthMarketing Strategy

Matrix partners india

Investment Professional

Apr 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Investments@ Matrix Partners (~$1BN AUM in India). Matrix Partners is a leading venture capital firm whose India portfolio includes early investments in Ola, Razorpay, Dailyhunt, Treebo, MoEngage, OfBusiness, W, mSwipe, Chumbak, Zupee, among others. Our global early investments include the likes of Apple, Quora, Hubspot, Oculus, Cheetah Mobile, Baidu, others.

Venture CapitalInvestment Analysis

Idg ventures india

Summer Associate

Apr 2016 – Jun 2016 · 2 mos · Bangalore

IDG Ventures is a global tech VC with ~$4BN AUM . In India, some of its early investments include Myntra, Lenskart, Curefit, Yatra, Zivame, PopXo, others.
Executed 2 end-to-end investment deals through screening, evaluation, diligence, modeling
Authored 4 investment theses on B2B e-commerce, Fashion, HealthTech and e-commerce affiliates

Investment AnalysisMarket Research

Mediacom singapore

2 roles

Senior Associate, Analytics

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

MediaCom is a globally leading media agency part of GroupM. GroupM is the world's largest media investment group, responsible for 1 in every 3 ads globally.
I was based out of the Singapore regional HQ office where my work involved analytics consulting projects spanning 10 countries across Asia Pacific for Fortune 100 clients such as P&G and Coca Cola. Broad areas of work included:
Marketing investment optimization
Econometric modeling
Strategic guidance for business pitches
Preparation of pitchbooks, marketing collateral
Brand equity and awareness modeling
Qualitative and quantitative insights using analytical techniques on big datasets
Data visualization and reporting (advanced Tableau user)
Landscape studies, consumer profiling, and analytical benchmarking

AnalyticsMarketing Strategy