Sarthak Gupta

Business Development Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India4 yrs 10 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in venture capital and investment analysis.
Proven track record in software development and optimization.
Strong analytical skills with experience in market analysis.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech professional with strong investment and software development expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalInvestment AnalysisInvestment BankingFinancial ModelingMarket AnalysisSales StrategySoftware DevelopmentWeb Development

Other Skills

Term SheetsExcelPowerPointValue Chain AnalysisData AnalysisMS ExcelTableauDashboard DevelopmentInventory ManagementReporting SystemsWeb Performance OptimizationMulti-threadingCachingDeep LearningMachine Learning

About

I currently work at Brand Capital in the investment team, where I focus on identifying and supporting high-potential companies/startups through media-powered investments. If you're a founder looking to accelerate your brand's growth, feel free to reach out to me at sarthak.gupta@timesofindia.com Previously, I worked at Wells Fargo as an Investment Banking Associate in the Financial Sponsors Group, where we assisted private equity firms in buy-side/sell-side opportunities and underwritten debt financing. I've written 5 research papers related to machine learning and deep learning (linked on my profile), and have a good understanding of the technology and models used. I love to dig into and analyze businesses, especially in emerging spaces. I completed my MBA from IIM Udaipur in 2022, where I was part of the Entrepreneurship Cell and the Student Council. Prior to this, I have done B.Tech. from NSIT in 2019 and worked as a Software Developer at a B2B SaaS Startup 'Bizongo'. At Bizongo, I worked closely with the product team on various features. I worked on several high-impact areas including warehouse/inventory management, stock auto-replenishment, dashboard/reporting system and full automation from order placement to shipping! I also played an important role in the move from monolithic to microservice architecture and introduced key technologies needed for the shift such as Kafka message queue and Apache Camel API gateway.

Experience

Brand capital, india

Manager

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru · On-site

As a part of the investment team, I focus on identifying and supporting high-potential companies/startups through media-powered investments. If you're a founder looking to accelerate your brand’s growth, feel free to reach out to me at sarthak.gupta@timesofindia.com
Portfolio:
GOAT Brand Labs: House of D2C brands incl. Chumbak, Voylla, TrueBrowns, The Label Life, etc.
Elever: Factor-based quant PMS
i-ON Broadband: Wired internet services provider
Bethliving: Modern alternative in home decor! Steel and stainless steel-based interiors

Venture CapitalTerm SheetsInvestment Analysis

Wells fargo

Investment Banking Associate

Jun 2022 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Part of the Financial Sponsors Group; assist private equity in buy & sell-side opportunities & debt financing
Worked on deals across C&R, Healthcare, Industrials, Leisure, Energy, Insurance, Ad-Tech, Financial Services and Education
Worked on a variety of transactions including LBOs, add-on acquisitions, take-privates, refinancings, etc.
Prepared investment memos, financial models, company & sponsor profiles, industry decks & pitchbooks
Experience with FactSet, Pitchbook, LCD, CapitalIQ, IHS Markit, Refinitiv; proficient in Excel & PowerPoint

Investment BankingFinancial ModelingExcelPowerPoint

Takshashila consulting

Management Consultant Intern

Jul 2021 – Sep 2021 · 2 mos

Identified issues affecting Lenskart's profitability using Logic Trees and Value Chain Analysis
Analyzed the competitive landscape and did market sizing to understand the industry structure
Identified growth drivers, studied unit economics & financials & developed customer value proposition

Market AnalysisValue Chain Analysis

Puma group

Summer Intern

May 2021 – Jun 2021 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible for developing online & offline channel strategies for Teamsport Business Unit for 2022
Analyzed sales data of 3 years for 5 sales channels across 7 categories using MS Excel & Tableau
Benchmarked 130+ products against 15 competitors to identify gaps in PUMA's product range and pricing
Worked on the Indoor sports strategy for PUMA, & structured the strategy for sports academy tie-ups
Set 2022 sales targets & held meetings with 5 channel heads and country head to check their feasibility
Reviewed the pre-orders for Spring-Summer 2022 Collection and reported on deviations from targets

Sales StrategyData AnalysisMS ExcelTableau

Bizongo

2 roles

Software Engineer 2

Promoted

Jul 2020 – Aug 2020 · 1 mo

Brought down report generation time from 20 minutes to 10 seconds via Dashboard and Reporting system
Reduction in ~Rs. 10 Crore of inventory value by designing and implementing Auto-Replenishment Service
Increase in inventory accuracy from 35% to 98% by the implementation of Inventory Management System
Worked in a lean team and successfully released vendor managed inventory platform to 355 partners
Received certificate of Quick Learner within four months from joining for understanding the business context
Promoted from Software Engineer I to Software Engineer II within thirteen months from joining

Dashboard DevelopmentInventory ManagementReporting SystemsSoftware Development

Software Engineer 1

Jun 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Chegg inc.

Intern

Jun 2018 – Jul 2018 · 1 mo · New Delhi

Improved the web page loading time by 31% and the page speed index (by google pagespeed) by 21%
Collaborated with international teams in Ukraine and U.S. to get the solution deployed and benchmarked
Implemented configuration optimisations, multi-threading and caching to improve performance of web server

Web Performance OptimizationMulti-threadingCachingWeb Development