Sep 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · India

• Moving Capital is an investing syndicate comprised of early ExUber employees. To date we’ve invested in Lime, Bird, Jump, Cargo, Omni, Standard Cognition, SuperHuman, BallerTV, Dunzo, Shuttl, Glovo, Vested and more.
• I'm looking for exciting deals in India & SEA. Sector agnostic. Hit me at agarwalutsav09@gmail.com!

Apr 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

• Glovo (exited), The Juggernaut, Haute Hijab, Purple Style Labs (exited), Sandbox VR, Mercury, Flat.mx, Morphin, Belvo, Airhouse, Vested, Around.co, HelpNow, Apperto, Pogo, Catch, Nilo, Lentesplus, Tuned (exited), Yardline (exited), Elenas, Probo, Relove

Dec 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Joined as the 1st employee in the org to build out the expansion roadmap + regional teams:
• Launch: Launched 9 countries - Egypt, Romania, Turkey, Morocco, Georgia, Ukraine,
• Kenya, Ivory Coast & Croatia
• Team: Built a team of 250+ people to run the markets - launchers, GMs, ops,
• sales, account management, marketing, finance and dedicated recruiters
• Legal / finance / processes: Re-wired the company’s mindset from Spanish to Global, &
• developed additional checks & balances for legal & finance while greenlighting markets
• Growth: Grew the region from scratch to contribute 15%+ of global orders in April, 2019

Apr 2014 – Oct 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• International Expansion:
• Spearheaded Uber's most complex expansion in Dhaka, Bangladesh amidst regulatory turmoil, and devised solutions for multiple bottlenecks across verticals. Worked on international partner payments, public policy, insurance, tax, operations, pricing and profitability, hiring and biz dev.
• Launched the 1st p2p product in India & SA region in Dhaka and scaled it into the fastest growing market in Asia.
• You can read the story here: https://medium.com/@utsavagarwal/the-uber-bangladesh-adventure-876283b85e2
• Scoped out the potential for expansion into Yangon, Myanmar and Kathmandu, Nepal.
• India Expansion - Multiple cities:
• Launched and led the operations for 8 cities in India over 2 years. Worked on various aspects of the business including expansion planning, recruiting, P&L responsibility, operations, marketing, and media and public policy.
• Initiated and led competitive intel for India, reporting directly to Head of Asia Ops and VP International Markets.

Dec 2013 – Apr 2014 · 4 mos · Cochin Area, India

Nov 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• #nwplyng was a free, fun & simple way to share music with friends on Facebook, Twitter & Foursquare.
• Imagine being at a breathtaking landscape, your favorite bar down the road or stuck in a cab in Downtown NYC and your favorite song comes on. It makes you either jump up and down, gives you goose bumps, sit back in the most serene state or trigger a past memory. Music has an incredible power to evoke emotions within us. #nwplyng lets you share those very moments.
• We were seed funded by MobME Wireless Solutions Pvt Ltd, and incubated at Startup Village.

Mar 2011 – Apr 2011 · 1 mo · Greater Los Angeles Area

Feb 2011 – Oct 2011 · 8 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted VP Business Development in scouting potential clients from the entertainment industry.
• Set up Ted Cohen's wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cohen

Jan 2010 – Mar 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed 50+ street teams spread across US for tour promotions for various artists including Paul Oakenfold, Crystal Method & Infected Mushrooms.

Jan 2008 – Nov 2008 · 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Assisted in marketing priority International Artist Releases - Coldplay – Viva La Vida, Moby – Last Night, Madonna – Hard Candy, Iron Maiden – Somewhere Back in Time and organized listening sessions + tribute night gigs for fans.

Aug 2006 – Dec 2007 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Production Head for India's longest running pub rock festival Sharktooth Live Storms: 41 shows across Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi & Kolkata.

Mar 2004 – Aug 2007 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Managed local artists - crowd surfed & moshed to their music.