Shantanu Jain — Co-Founder

I am an avid reader and a passionate writer. I created ReadOn as a passion project to make financial content simpler and easy to understand. We now serve listed BFSI and global fintech clients, helping them educate and engage their customers with high-quality content. [Need newsletters, blogs, podcast and video scripts? Hit me up at shantanu@readon.in] I invest in early-stage ideas (avg investment Rs. 3-5L) - mostly in F&B, social impact projects or on passionate, ambitious founders. I leverage my diverse work experience across different sectors to help founders with their - cashflow management - capital allocation decisions, - MIS structuring and review, - Fundraise plan (including how much to raise, at what valuation), - Investor relations, - Financial modelling - Valuation report I have also had the privilege of taking guest lectures on Strategic Financial Management and Personal Finance at: - Christ College, Bangalore (2020) - Lady Shree Ram College, New Delhi (2020) - NMIMS, Mumbai and Hyderabad (2021) - Ramjas College, DU (2021) - IIM, Kozhikode (2022) - MDI, Gurgaon (2023) - NIT, Jamshedpur (2023) I have been invited to review pitches and invest in startups by: - iStart, Kota/Jaipur, Rajasthan - AIC-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - Hult Prize, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, WB If you are thinking I do too many different things - honestly, most of the time, I just read :) If you have any interesting reads to share, any thoughts to exchange, feel free to DM.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Financial Consultant and Investor with a focus on Fintech and Food Delivery sectors.

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Experience: 9 yrs 11 mos

Skills

Financial Advisory

Career Highlights

Co-founded ReadOn to simplify financial content.
Invested in early-stage ideas across diverse sectors.
Guest lecturer at prestigious institutions on finance.

Work Experience

Opportunity Ventures LLP

Investor (1 yr 8 mos)

DoubleSpace Learning

Mentor (2 yrs)

Wah! Puchka

Advisor and Investor (2 yrs 5 mos)

Naarica

Mentor (2 yrs 11 mos)

NewsReach India

Investor (1 yr 3 mos)

Fredo

Investor (3 yrs 3 mos)

Little Leap

Angel Investor (1 yr 11 mos)

ReadOn

Co-Founder (4 yrs 8 mos)

Neuphony by PankhTech

Advisor and Angel Investor (2 yrs 11 mos)

Jagriti Yatra

Yatri (1 mo)

Swiggy

Business Consultant (1 yr 7 mos)

Finance Management Trainee (5 mos)

Grant Thornton India LLP

Analyst (2 yrs 11 mos)

Education

Chartered Accountant at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom at St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata

Higher Secondary at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's

High School at Rukmani Birla Modern High School

Shantanu Jain

Co-Founder

Kolkata, West Bengal, India9 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Co-founded ReadOn to simplify financial content.
Invested in early-stage ideas across diverse sectors.
Guest lecturer at prestigious institutions on finance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Financial Consultant and Investor with a focus on Fintech and Food Delivery sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial Advisory

Other Skills

BloggingCapital MarketsCommunicationCorporate FinanceEquity ResearchFinancial AnalysisFinancial Data AnalysisFinancial EconomicsLeadershipMarketingMathematicsMentoringMicrosoft ExcelPublic SpeakingResearch

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Experience

Opportunity ventures llp

Investor

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Creating opportunities for early stage entrepreneurs. Investing INR 5-50L in consumer brands.

Doublespace learning

Mentor

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs

Solving creativity crisis, one kid at a time.

Wah! puchka

Advisor and Investor

Jul 2023 – Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Exited

Naarica

Mentor

Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

An international quality, Indian smart underwear brand. First product - period underwear.

Newsreach india

Investor

Mar 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

Exit in June 2024. Company is still growing :)

Fredo

Investor

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Little leap

Angel Investor

Aug 2021 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Helping in social and emotional development of school students. Not in business anymore

Financial Advisory

Readon

Co-Founder

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · India · On-site

An initiative for retail investors to think smarter, sharper about their investments.

Neuphony by pankhtech

Advisor and Angel Investor

Apr 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

A smart watch for the brain that helps you live a mentally fitter life. Made in India, for the World. I exited in March 2024.

Jagriti yatra

Yatri

Dec 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 mo

Swiggy

2 roles

Business Consultant

May 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

In-house Management Consultant, driving efficiencies in people, processes and technology through an in-depth, zero-base understanding of the processes, identifying opportunities to optimize costs, maximise revenue, standardize and streamline processes, and enable automation across verticals.
Projects I worked on include:
1. Restaurant Supply Chain (on-boarding, relationship management, maximising commission revenue realisation, improving ROI for restaurants on ad spends, identifying cuisine gaps, improving serviceability, menu curation)
2. Delivery Logistics (sourcing of Delivery Partners, Hiring - analysing and optimising Cost per Hire, maximizing Earnings per Hour, incentive structure review and revamp, inventory management - centralisation of processes, payout management)
3. Performance Marketing (analysing cost of acquisition across channels for digital marketing campaigns, improving CTR, CVR, recommending process improvement opportunities, etc)
4. Expansion Projects (review of financial model with franchise partners, outsourcing agencies, etc. for expansion cities)
5. Miscellaneous Fraud Investigations (till a dedicated team for the same was set up)
6. Presented to CEO plan to "electrify" the delivery fleet, thereby improving sustainability, lowering carbon footprint, and substantially reducing overall Delivery Cost per Order.

Financial AdvisoryWorking with Investors

Finance Management Trainee

Nov 2018 – Apr 2019 · 5 mos

Experiential Learning Programme (November'18 to January'19) across multiple cities to get a zero-base understanding of city operations.
Special Projects (February'19 to April'19) which included Electrification of Delivery Fleet, streamlining and optimising revenue realisation process in the Restaurant Supply Chain, and co-creating plans with Supply Strategy function to maximise third-party revenue (revenue from non-restaurant businesses).

Financial Advisory

Grant thornton india llp

Analyst

Nov 2015 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Part of the Audit and Assurance team at GT Kolkata with audit experience in multiple industries like E-Commerce, Iron and Steel, FMCG, IMIL manufacturing, Manpower Recruitment, NBFC-MFI, etc.