Siddharth Gupta

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led $570M Series F fundraising at Meesho.
  • Advised multiple startups on strategy and fundraising.
  • Built engaging shopping experiences at Meesho.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and E-commerce strategist with extensive experience in fundraising and product management.

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AnalyticsMatlabAnalysisProject PlanningAutoCADBusiness StrategyData MiningMicrosoft ExcelMobile ApplicationsMobile AdvertisingStrategyMobile AnalyticsE-commerceDemand ForecastingStart-ups

About

Siddharth has diverse experience of ~7 years across technology, product and management consulting. Currently, as part of the leadership team at Meesho, Siddharth serves as the Chief of Staff to CEO. He looks after longterm Strategy, M&A, Fundraising, Special projects, Public Policy and PR. He serves as an advisor to the CEO. Prior to Meesho Siddharth was a management consultant McKinsey where he served clients primarily in digital analytics and consumer tech and media practices. He worked across multiple cases and also was part of the core team of CTM and Sports practice developing client proposals across gaming, ride sharing and global sports fraternity clients. Before McKinsey, Siddharth was part of the founding team at Aasaanjobs, an online platform for blue collar jobs. Siddharth was instrumental in developing large client base, handling marketing and was the official spokesperson. Aasaanjobs was acquired by OLX. Siddharth also has experience working at Silicon Valley, in a startup called Flurry - developing advertising strategies for large gaming clients for EMEA region such as Rovio, Goodgame Studios etc. Flurry was acquired by Yahoo! in 2015. Prior to Flurry, Siddharth started his career at Flipkart launching multiple consumer goods categories such as health & Beauty, Babycare. He then went on to lead the P&L for office supplies.

Experience

12 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 10 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Meesho

3 roles

General Manager, AI Services

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Building something new and exciting.

GM - Content Commerce

Jan 2022 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • As GM (Head of Business), I built the most engaging shopping experience for Meesho customers through a combination of short content and Live Videos to full-fill to further our mission of "Democratising internet commerce for everyone" - including customer, creators and sellers.

Chief Of Staff to CEO

Dec 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Part of Meesho's core leadership team.
  • Meesho's vision is to enable 100M Small Businesses in India to succeed online. We have 10M+ women entrepreneurs running biz online and we are just getting started.
  • Meesho has raised ~$500M from Softbank, Naspers, Facebook, Sequoia, Elevation, Shunwei, Venture Highway, Y Combinator and others.
  • Key Highlights:
  • Led the ~$570M Series F, managing all parts of the commercial due diligence and new investor reach out
  • Led the ~$300M Series E round, managing the entire commercial due diligence
  • Leading the CEOs office and set up multiple verticals within the BU

Career Break

Mar 2024 – Jul 2024 · 4 mos

  • Took a short break to step back and wander. Focussed on my pursuits of health/fitness, travel while thinking of building something new.

Investorey

Angel Investor and Advisor

Jan 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Topmate.io

Angel Investor

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Academical.ly

Advisor

Dec 2020 – Nov 2021 · 11 mos

Backpacker panda

Advisor

Jun 2019 – Apr 2020 · 10 mos

  • Advising on strategy, product and fund raising.

Mckinsey & company

Management Consultant

Jun 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Part of the digital and analytic (DnA) practice and built the consumer tech practice with Sr. Partners by serving and bringing onboarding various clients across ride hailing, fantasy sports, content platforms etc.

Topbeat

Angel Investor and Advisor

Apr 2018 – Apr 2024 · 6 yrs

Aasaanjobs.com

VP, Strategy and Corp Dev

Mar 2015 – Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Led the Corporate strategy and Investor relations. Raised ~6.5M USD in seed and Series A round.
  • Part of the leadership team realising the exit to OLX Group.

Yahoo

Manager, Business Strategy & Operations

Aug 2014 – Mar 2015 · 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • The Strategy and Sales Operations team is responsible for the development of global business strategies for Mobile, as well as coordinating the execution of these strategies by the right processes, reporting, resources and skills.

Flurry, inc. (acquired by yahoo!)

Associate, Business Operations

Sep 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Flurry is a leading smartphone application analytics and monetization platform used by more than 100,000 applications across iOS, Android, Blackberry and J2ME and tracking over 15 Billion end user application sessions each month. Flurry Analytics helps developers make better applications, increase retention and grow revenue.
  • Flurry is one of the hottest start-ups in high tech and the mobile app revolution. Over 100,000 companies use our industry leading analytics and advertising services across more than 300,000 apps to increase acquisition, retention and monetization. Leading companies like Rovio (Angry Birds), Zynga, The New York Times, Electronic Arts, Skype, Groupon, eBay, Capcom, MTV and CBS all use Flurry, as well as tens of thousands of indies.
  • Strategy & Ad operations of European Clients such as Rovio (Angry birds), LEGO, ebay, Ubisoft and GoodGames Studioa; generating and managaing monthly revenue $750,000
  • As part of Business Intelligence team, providing guidance on pricing policy and serving as an expert on key competitor trends, 15% increase in revenue achieved
  • Providing Mobile Analytics solution via complex funnel analysis, retention analysis and user acquisition analysis
  • Formulating Inventory Forecasting Models, dashboards and other analysis tools; Optimizing balance of ad inventory supply and advertiser demand to maximize client performance goals and revenue
  • Leading accounting of monthly financial reports of Ad spends, adhering to GAAP and IFRS

Flipkart.com

Assistant Manager, Strategy & Operations

Jul 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore

  • Flipkart is the largest e-commerce player in India with a turnover of about $1 billion. Flipkart was one of the first players to change the buying habit in one of the fastest developing countries of the world. Flipkart created the organized online retail space that is currently flourishing in India.
  • Business Strategy of Consumables - Health & Beauty, BabyCare and Office Supplies
  • Analysed consumer purchasing behaviour to create value products; Led to 10% MoM increase in revenue
  • Incorporated real time indices such as promotions, pricing, stock availability etc. to enhance the inventory planning process, increasing the product availability by 15%
  • Rationalized the selling strategy for a profitable growth; Created a “Shipping Framework” & “Pricing Framework” for Office Supplies; resulted in a Gross Margin increase by 30%
  • Re-structured H&B category to suit mass population via differentiated selection, range and product discovery
  • Optimized inventory storage of H&B division to reduce per unit cost by 66% from INR 1.89 to 0.66
  • Reduced per unit packing cost by 66% from INR 22 to 8 for the Babycare division, via better and improved logistics
  • Initiated “One Warehouse” strategy leading to higher NPS score, curtailing shipping costs by 8%
  • Orchestrated the AOP for Office Supplies (FY ’13-’14); projected targets & excogitated strategies to achieve them

Education

Indian School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Bachelor's degree & Master's Degree

St. Patricks Junior College

Mathematics

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad

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