Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

• I am tasked with constructing the complete innovation culture and charter for GMR Airports. The goal is to extend support to airport adjacencies and other group businesses such as MRO, Cargo/Logistics, IT Infra, etc. Our vision is to conceptualize the airport of the future, collaborating with startups to develop innovative products/solutions, and creating a range of offerings for airport consumption and beyond. The aim is to establish a robust innovation foundation for GMR Airports.

Dec 2022 – Oct 2023 · 10 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• The team at the DS Centre of Entrepreneurship, IIT Delhi contributes towards generating IP, employment and wealth for the nation, especially across DeepTech and Emerging Tech sectors.

Mar 2022 – Nov 2022 · 8 mos · Delhi, India

• Closely worked with investors, founders, lead investors and investment bankers in terms of the closure of deals
• Successfully raised INR 8 Cr in last 4 months for 5 startups including dating apps, chatbox, EV and D2C Brands
• Worked on portfolio startups of Sharks of the India and successfully closed their allocation
• Hosted 30-40 pitch sessions for 100 angel investors
• Took major business decision by negotiating the commercials on behalf of LetsVenture

Feb 2021 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Delhi, India

Jan 2020 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Delhi, India

• Interacted with investors, founders, partners and investments bankers to close 8 deals in 2020-2021 out of which 3 deals were sourced by me
• Independently interviewed around 100 startup founders to analyse the business model with an objective to strategically plan better exit opportunities for the investors
• Independently hired 5 interns during my tenure of 1.5 years to increase the speed of operations and visibility of Eagle10 Ventures in the ecosystem
• Worked on the term-sheets, closed documentation of the domestic/foreign investments, negotiated due diligence reports and improved the process for the regular update of the portfolio startups
• Mentored 3 groups to launch a startup, raise funds and improve the business model

Dec 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr · India

• Interacted with several ecosystem players such as VCs, co-working spaces, start-up India program, HNIs, accelerators, incubators, and universities to source startups and improve deal flow.
• Independently interviewed over 200 start-up founders to analyze their business proposition. Used our investment thesis to curate and funnel deals and make them pitch ready.

Jun 2016 – Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Worked as a TRMS investigator in a highly sophisticated and data-centred environment to detect abusive patterns across millions of transactions and work to solve them
• Investigating suspicious activities and behaviours that could pose a risk to Amazon. Review of suspicious, high-risk activities/seller profiles
• Work to identify new fraud patterns and trends, taking appropriate action to identify and minimize the risk posed by such trends
• KYC (Know Your Customer) process - investigation and verification of merchant accounts. Investigate Merchant documentation ensuring compliance guidelines
• Maintain site quality by enforcing Amazon's Policy Guidelines
• Work in a fast-paced team environment, achieve weekly productivity and quality standards for investigations
• Train and support new hires on our Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for resolving all items that come through the compliance workflows
• Actively mentor members of the team, helping them continuously improve their skills and knowledge of our systems and ongoing regulation updates

Jun 2015 – Jul 2015 · 1 mo · Kanchenjunga Building, Barakhamba Road

• Mandated 3 Loan against property and seed funding deals worth 5 crores. Handled end-to-end client management including communication and relationship building.
• Executed extensive marketing & financial analysis of client’s business metrics for potential investors.

Jul 2013 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Having been established THINKandRISE (Trust) in 2013, a project Disha was started under it.
• Working on a startup made me to apply theoretical business concepts like cost modeling,
• commercial viability and supply chain management which helped me strengthen my business
• acumen.