Dhruv

Panchkula

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

Author

Blue Herring, Substack

01.2026 - Current

Publishing long-form analysis on politics, finance and macroeconomics
Covered themes including AI-driven labor disruption, monetary systems, global power dynamics so far
Focusing on non-consensus, thesis-driven insights

Investment Analyst

VentureLab, TIET

Patiala, India

05.2023 - 03.2024

Analyzed 40+ Startups looking for funding opportunities through Indian Government's SISFS portal. Performed robust and exhaustive market & industry research to see the potential of such startups in accordance with the fund's portfolio philosophy.
Valued, market sized, prepared financial models & IC Memos and performed due diligence for post/ pre-revenue startups applying to VentureLab for funding.
Assisted in passing funding worth INR 50 Lakhs to an e-commerce startup. Participated in investment negotiations with startups across various target industries.
Represented VentureLab and its portfolio startups at TIET's open day.
Communicated and built lasting relationships with various founders looking for funding.
Interviewed candidates from TIET for the internship role of Innovation Analyst.

Business Development Intern

uEngage Services Pvt. Ltd.

Panchkula, Haryana

06.2022 - 07.2022

Mined data, generated leads and pitched uEngage’s CRM Software ‘Prism’ to fine-dine restaurant owners & general managers throughout Chandigarh & Panchkula.
Conducted 25+ demos of uEngage’s ‘Prism’ CRM Software to various fine-dine restaurant owners & general managers.
Collected market data in regards to rival products and competition while pitching to various restaurants, analyzed and articulated my findings and presented them to the co-founder of the organization.

Education

BBA Honors - Finance

Thapar University (TSLAS)

Patiala, PB

01-2024

12th - Commerce

Bhavan Vidyalaya

Panchkula, HR

01-2020

Skills

Financial Valuation & Modeling: DCF, Comps, M&A & LBO Modeling, Startup Valuation, Ratios & Indicators, Due Diligence
Advanced Tableau
Portfolio Management & Investing
Attention to detail, analytical and critical thinking

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro
Effective communication and relationship-building

Projects

DCF Project: Prepared 2-Stage Discounted Cash Flows to Equity and Discounted Cash Flows To Firm Models for Tata Consultancy Services. Estimated Free Cash Flows, Average Growth, Discounting Factor & Beta.
M&A Modeling Project- Amazon x CoreWeave: Created a full-length M&A Model (Assumptions, Pro-Forma, Accretion/ Dilution, Sensitivity) for a hypothetical acquisition between Amazon & CoreWeave.
Mutual Fund Sector Drift AI Agent: Created a Mutual Fund Sector Drift AI Agent that calculates monthly sector drift for the top 20 Indian MFs and sends a monthly sectoral drift report using n8n and Claude.
Business Model Project: Conceptualized and pitched a SaaS platform idea to streamline cross-platform influencers' analytics, earnings, and engagement metrics. Presented a comprehensive business plan, business model canvas, SWOT analysis, and Porter's Five Forces analysis to a potential investor and project mentor.