Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

• Email: sarthak@huddleventures.vc

Feb 2020 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Fund I Highlights:
• 1. Blue Tokai | Series B, backed by A91
• 2. Bold Care | Series A, backed by Sharrp Ventures, Ranveer Singh
• 3. Celcius | Pre-B, backed by IvyCap Ventures
• 4. Cureskin | Series B, backed by HealthQuad
• 5. eFeed | Seed, backed by Omnivore
• 6. Grip Invest | Series B, backed by Venture Highway
• 7. Litestore | Series A, backed by Accel, Sorin
• 8. Perfora | Pre-A, backed by RPSG, Sauce VC
• 9. Prosparity | Seed, backed by BEENEXT
• 10. Wellversed | Series A, backed by Jubilant
• + more! visit our website: www.huddleventures.vc

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

• Experimental Advisory (EA) is a new-age content repository designed to demystify and decode everyday subject matter. EA is a joint initiative led by the Rastogi brothers, Sarthak and Yash.
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• Themes covered so far: D2C, Climate Tech, Indie Music in India, and more!
• If you'd like to provide feedback or collaborate with us on future editions, feel free to reach out at experimentaladvisory@substack.com

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · India

• Portfolio (9)
• Undisclosed (Series C+)
• Blue Tokai (Series B) - Backed by A91 Partners | www.bluetokaicoffee.com
• Celcius (Series A) - Backed by IvyCap Ventures | www.celcius.in
• Litestore (Series A) - Backed by Accel | www.litestore.in
• eFeed (Seed) - Backed by Omnivore | www.efeed.in
• Swageazy (Seed) - Backed by InfoEdge Ventures | www.swageazy.com
• Gro (Seed) | www.hypergro.ai
• Offline (Seed) - Backed by founders from Groww, Shiprocket, Razorpay | https://www.offline.club/
• Oncare (Seed)
• My AngelList profile: https://angel.co/u/sarthak-rastogi-2

Apr 2021 – Present · 5 yrs

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Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr · India

Sep 2019 – Feb 2020 · 5 mos

• Analyzed, developed, and implemented strategy for cross-functional teams of up to 50 members including budgeting, forecasting models, and risk mitigation plans.
• Delivered pre-defined SLAs as per MSP guidelines, project requirements, and other contingent criteria for strategically significant client accounts
• Initiated program assessment protocols for evaluation and process improvement through technical documentation, automation and quality assurance.

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 · 11 mos

• Solely responsible for maintaining BrickRed’s services portfolio with Microsoft (Silver Cloud Partner) to deliver GTM strategies for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS products.
• Developed comprehensive lead generation marketing and sales campaigns including SEO optimization (Google Analytics, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, etc.), End-to-End email marketing (Dynamic 365 CRM, Zoho CRM, Mailgun), along with direct B2B and B2C client engagement through outside and inside sales efforts
• Effectively conducted market research for new areas of business growth in Excel through Break-Even Analysis, Cost-Profit-Volume Analysis, and Competitor Analysis utilizing Pivot tables, Vlookup, etc.) that resulted in business revenue of $100,000+
• Exclusive responsibility of creating RFP’s, RFP responses, SOW’s for a multitude of projects/contracts ranging from IT services deployments, lift and shift (migration), managed services, ongoing support & maintenance for a global list of clientele.
• Designed templates for case study, customer evidence highlighting POC’s and projects including IoT, AI, ML, and Big Data analytics.

Jul 2017 – Sep 2017 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Catalogued GoI (Government of India) organizations into FAAS valuations (Financial Accounting Advisory Services). Facilitated project deliverables by maintaining existing client relations through phone and email.
• Conducted extensive market research through quantitative analyses of potential GoI clients to analyze their valuations to match with FAAS policy.
• Liaised with customers to identify and remove roadblocks to outdated IND AS measures
• Created 80 ad hoc client portfolios and documents for senior team members

Jul 2016 – Sep 2016 · 2 mos

• Studied and facilitated trade finance requirements of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
• Presented an economically viable model to ease the process of capital funding between HDFC Bank and the Emerging Enterprises Group (EEG).
• Researched the possibility of using crypto currency models and supply chain networks for MSMEs in India

Jul 2015 – Sep 2015 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Conducted a market research on Indian telecommunications industry in Northern India with a special focus on JIO 4g/LTE service deliverable in the region.
• Presented an economically viable model for the introduction of JIO 4g/LTE services to Indian telecommunications industry.