Akash Veeralakshmanan

CEO

Washington, District of Columbia, United States4 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Raised over $50 million for social initiatives.
  • Expert in investor relationship management and financial planning.
  • Significant experience in social startup ecosystem.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Social Impact and Engineering professional with strong financial and project management skills.

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About

Social impact-oriented professional with over 4 years of work experience in the social startup ecosystem. Expert in investor relationship management, business restructuring initiatives and financial planning. Collectively helped raise over $50Mn for initiatives like Battery & Plastic Recycling, Food waste reduction and Last-mile delivery.

Experience

4 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 2 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Lohum

Investor Relations, Strategy, Corp Finance & Development

Sep 2023Jun 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

Waycool foods

Corporate Finance Manager

Sep 2021Sep 2023 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Acumen

Investments and Portfolio Intern

May 2021Aug 2021 · 3 mos · Remote

Alsisar impact pvt ltd

Investments & Finance Associate

Jun 2020Apr 2021 · 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Raised $40K in capital for a last-mile delivery startup in J&K’s (Indian State), marking it as the first-ever startup from J&K (Indian State) to secure funding and gain a feature on Shark Tank India
  • Raised $400K in capital from a leading FMCG company to build a plastic recycling plant, creating employment for over 1000 women hand-pickers.

Northrop grumman

Senior Design Project

Jan 2019May 2019 · 4 mos · West Lafayette

  • Modify Creater Bot 2.0 3D printer to allow automated change of 5 materials using a single nozzle to save production time.
  • Created a Test & Validation plan for each subsystem by creating pass/fail criterions to ensure proper functionality.
  • Utilized CATIA to design different concepts and perform FEA analysis to identify constraints of each design.
  • Managed weekly meetings with Northrop Grumman to ensure timely progress and resolve any potential roadblocks.
  • Spent 10hrs/week in the machine shop using machines like horizontal band saw to manufacture the required parts.

Deaf kids code organization

Volunteer

Aug 2018May 2019 · 9 mos · West Lafayette, Indiana

  •  Consulted with Deaf Kids Code to help increase outreach of the organization to teach 100 deaf kids in the tech field.
  •  Formed strategic partnership with Purdue ROCS (Reach out for Computer Science) to help gain 25 volunteers.
  •  Leveraged social media platforms to help increase interaction with users by 75% through paid boost posts.
  •  Reached out to Techpoint to acquire mentors and possibly a summer internship to train the deaf students.
  •  Met with the client on a regular basis to track progress and accommodate any changes/conflicts.

Basf

Reliability Engineer

May 2017Aug 2017 · 3 mos · Palmyra,Missouri

  •  Led the project of developing a mechanical inspection list for a $1 billion product based on Piping Instrumentation diagrams.
  •  Designed a lift plan for the removal of a 40 ft finishing distillation column using AUTOCAD to increase production efficiency.
  •  Developed a maintenance program involving implementation of desiccant breathers to help balance Product Life cycle management.
  •  Built and closed projects using SAP system to help save maintenance costs up to $2000 and document mechanical integrity of machinery.

Silpakorn university

Researcher

Jun 2016Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

  •  Operated pyranometers and data loggers to control solar data collection time for the distribution of solar dryers to farmers.
  •  Analyzed data in IDL to calculate results to give solar time and irradiance to help plot heat maps.
  •  Operated alongside PhD and graduate students as a team in a fast-pace environment to learn and master the necessary skills.

Education

Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jul 2025May 2027

Purdue University

Bachelor of Science (BS) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2015Jan 2019

Purdue University

Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Jan 2015Jan 2019

Purdue University

Minor Business Economics

Jan 2015Jan 2019

Bangkok Patana School

IB

Jan 2010Jan 2015

Bangkok Patana School