Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Optimist is on a mission to develop air-conditioners that work just right for India. Strongest cooling, most efficient, designed for tomorrow.
• Committed to doing right for our customers, and play a role in changing their lives for the better.
• Always looking for the best people to join us, in our team, as partners, as supporters, as believers!

Feb 2024 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jan 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Jan 2012 – Jan 2024 · 12 yrs

• Urban Ladder is India’s largest online furniture and home décor company. We are passionate about good design, and love creating products that enhance our customers’ lives.
• At Urban Ladder, we take immense pride in making homes beautiful. We are committed to bringing exceptionally well designed products to our customers with the power of technology and a seamless customer experience.
• We do this by ensuring every step in the customer’s journey is thoughtfully designed, and building a beautiful home is a pleasant and memorable experience.
• We would love to hear from you if you would like to join our journey of making a million homes beautiful!

Sep 2022 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• climateXcapital accelerates and dramatically eases access to capital for early stage Climate tech entrepreneurs. We do this by:
• 1. Providing an open source database of capital providers, across equity, debt and grants
• 2.A bespoke service offering, to rapidly connect founders with the most appropriate capital providers
• Proposition for founders: 3-6 months of hard-work and heart-burn, with maybe 60-70% connect rate (of your most relevant capital providers) at best, and many more conversations which were irrelevant - all of this can be compressed to a few hours, and you are connected with 90% of your relevant capital providers, and within those, the right stakeholder to connect with.
• Give us a shout, here to help.
• Note: cXc is a not-for-profit. Only for part 2 above, we charge a nominal fees, to sustain our operations.

May 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 7 mos

• India's leading distributor of books and magazines, now an ACK Media group company. Our objective is to revolutionize the access of media products in India, and create a power-house in the space. A power-house that stays with and ahead of the rapidly changing landscape.
• Technology, innovation and reach are going to be the corner stones of our success, building on an organization culture of honest and conservative business practices.

Jul 2009 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

• CleanEnergyInsights was an Insights and News blog, covering the innovation eco-system for Clean Energy. We profiled companies, reviewed technological advances, opportunities opening up! This was with Nidhi (Nidhi Mathur, heading Axilor Labs now) as my co-conspirator.

Jul 2008 – Dec 2011 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• ACK Media is an entertainment and education company for young audiences. We are a unique 'start-up' that has acquired some of India's most-loved brands including Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle Magazine; well-known proprietary characters like Suppandi and a world-class animation and gaming studio. We are developing a portfolio of products that use innovative technology and India-centric content. We are also expanding our reach by strengthening distribution in India and key foreign markets, launching online services, and partnering with TV, Film and other mass media.

Jul 2004 – Jun 2008 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Strategy consulting for top Indian and global corporates.
• Led project teams across Banking, Healthcare and Real Estate clients

Jan 2003 – Jan 2003 · 0 mo