Sudarshan Ravi

Co-Founder

Berkeley, California, United States12 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Co-founded one of India's largest logistics startups.
Invested in over 20 early-stage SaaS startups.
Featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and India.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor in the logistics and SaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalInvestingProduct ManagementEntrepreneurshipInvestment EvaluationEquity ResearchInvestment StrategyBusiness ConsultingAnalytics

Other Skills

AI application layerIP driven hardwareLogisticsSalesOperationsHR functionsEarly-stage StartupsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Investment AnalysisInvestment ResearchPortfolio ManagementMarketingCareer CounselingStrategic ConsultingCoaching & Mentoring

About

Co-founder & Partner @ z21 ventures. Investing in early stage startups across AI application layer and IP driven hardware. If building, please write to me at sudarshan@z21.ventures. In the last decade, I co-founded LetsTransport and grew it to become one of India's largest regional logistics startups. At Letstransport, I built products for the blue collared workforce engaged in trucking services as well as blue chip enterprises. In the early years of LetsTransport, I was also responsible for building the sales, operations and HR functions. Today, LetsTransport serves more than 200 enterprises and over 200K trucks. I am also fortunate to have been featured in - Forbes under 30 Asia list - Forbes under 30 India list I am proud and humbled to have received the "Young Alumni Achiever Award" from my alma mater, IIT Kharagpur in 2021. Apart from work, I spend part of my weekends helping startups and sometimes investing in teams in early stage. I also enjoy playing chess, winning at poker, and reading books. My top 3 favorites are - The Great Mental Models (Shane Parrish) - Measure What Matters (John Doerr), - High Output Management (Andy Grove)

Experience

12 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Letstransport

2 roles

Cofounder and Advisor

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Founder and Chief Product Officer

Feb 2015 – Jul 2024 · 9 yrs 5 mos

LetsTransport is one of India's leading logistics startups. Over the last 8 years, we have grown to a trucking base of 200K+ trucks. We are present in 20 cities and serve 250+ enterprises.
LetsTransport is on a mission to make trucking a better and promising industry to work in for millions of Indians.

Product ManagementLogisticsSalesOperationsHR functionsEntrepreneurship

Z21 ventures

Co-founder & Partner

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Building z21 Ventures.
Investing in AI-saas, AI services, IP driven hardware.
If you are building and think I can be of help, please write to me at sudarshan@z21.ventures.

Venture CapitalAI application layerIP driven hardwareInvesting

Neon

LP & IC Member

Mar 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

I was responsible for evaluating early-stage SaaS startups as part of the investment committee.
Invested in 20+ SaaS startups.
Atomicwork - Employee Experience Platform
GTM Buddy - Top Revenue and Sales Enablement Software
Astra Security - Penetration testing Software
RapidClaims - AI solving medical coding operations
Sifthub - AI knowledge partner to elevate sales conversions and productivity
Phyllo - API for creator economy
Crux - Copilot for data analytics
Gallabox - No-code app builder for WhatsApp
Fincent - Book-keeping SaaS for SMBs
Facets.cloud - Cloud platform for smarter deployments
Requestly -Intercept & modify HTTP requests
Datazip - No-code Data Stack
Sourcewiz (now WizCommerce) - SaaS for manufacturers and exporters
Alltius - Generative AI for conversational assistance
Mantys - Business Forecasting & ARR tracking
Humantic - Behaviour analysis of prospects using AI
KNOW - SaaS for managing frontline teams
Diagna.ai - Medical Radiology workflows using AI
Profit.co - OKR focused people & performance management SaaS Platform
Cyber Sierra - AI platform built to make security compliances easy for enterprises
Segmind - Deploy open source Generative AI models
Truegradient - Optimize supply chain powered by AI
Mysa - Smart Banking for growing startups

Early-stage StartupsVenture CapitalSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Investment Evaluation

J.p. morgan

Senior Equity Research Analyst

Jun 2014 – Apr 2015 · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Asian and Emerging Markets - Investment Strategy team.
1. Conducted investment research and managed portfolio.
2. Instrumental in publishing research reports on the developments in Indonesian Equity Markets and Philippines Equity Markets over the past 2 decades.
Skills gained - Thesis Building, Market Research, Equity Research, Portfolio Management, Elevator Pitch

Equity ResearchInvestment ResearchPortfolio ManagementInvestment Strategy

Accenture

Consulting Analyst

Jun 2013 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

1. Responsible for the design and execution of media marketing mix projects using advanced analytics for global retail giants.
2. Instrumental in setting up "Vendor Analysis Project" for a major US retailer from scratch.
3. Devised a regression-based marketing model to help the retailer optimize its marketing spends in CO-OP campaigns
4. Responsible for quantifying and presenting the ROI through these campaigns to help the retailer monetize its bargaining strength better.
Skills gained:- Business Consulting, Client Presentations, Business analysis, Analytics - Marketing Mix, Advanced Excel modeling.

Business ConsultingAnalyticsMarketing

Planning commission, delhi

Research Intern

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · New Delhi, India

Identified issues relating to the impediments in Property Development of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation which were instrumental in recommending a few amendments to be made in the Delhi Metro Master Plan.
Carried out the viability analysis of Delhi Metro to find areas of concern (financial and business) and areas of significant shortfall in the revenues from the Delhi Metro Phase II project.
Carried out a comparative study of the Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS).

Union bank

Graduation Internship

May 2011 – Jul 2011 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Learned and extensively used Financial Statement Analysis to analyze a number of companies.
Developed one of a kind model to measure the degree of Financial Market Integration in India. The Model quantitatively studied the effect of reforms on efficacy of Monetary Transmission Mechanism.