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Piyush Gupta

Piyush Gupta

Business Growth And Operations Professional
New Delhi

Summary

Self-motivated professional with 8 years of experience and successful in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in business. Background in increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service standards. Experienced in leading and supervising operational and sales teams.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Co-Founder and Business Development Officer

Stride Ahead
New Delhi
07.2020 - Current

B2B SaaS tool for Education Industry focusing on increasing revenue for Education Industry by removing noise from the CRM and empowers the sales team with Talent analytics

  • Spearheaded the product transition from a career guidance platform to a more profitable B2B AI-based SaaS tool for Education industry
  • Established foundational processes for business operations.
  • Post Pivot helped in boosting revenue to $150K USD in 8 months. Onboarded leading education companies from US,UAE and India
  • Raised pre-seed funding 135K USD and 250K USD worth cloud credits and managed acquisition deals, leading to a successful pivot after understanding customer pain points
  • Hired key personnel and created a mentorship framework for the management team, ensuring KPI alignment with the company vision
  • Organized regular training events, resulting in independent department management by team members after 4 months
  • Developed and implemented lead generation and email marketing strategies, managing a team of 18.

Business Growth Consultant

Raxter.io
Gujrat
05.2019 - 06.2020

AI powered research assistant that provides a connected workflow for researchers, and helps speed up exploration, organization, analysis, and comprehension of literature.

  • Provided strategic counsel to the CEO and founding team, driving core growth initiatives, and formulating effective go-to-market and partner strategies
  • Led critical hiring efforts, assembling high-performing sales teams to drive revenue generation
  • Participated in fundraising activities, contributing to securing necessary capital for company growth, resulted in their successful acquisition by Crimson AI
  • Created comprehensive ideal customer profiles, maximizing targeting precision and customer satisfaction. Generated 550K USD of revenue in 1 year
  • Onboarded renowned Sales partners from leading publisher house created strong MOAT for the company

Co-Founder and COO

Verismart.ai
Delhi
07.2015 - 02.2019

Reg-tech Data exchange platform utilizing blockchain and AI technologies

  • Directed ideation, technical product development, and strategic decision-making, contributing to the expansion into India, UAE, and the US.
  • Managed a diverse team of 28 professionals across operations, sales, and data analysis, while establishing and implementing short and long-term product goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
  • Engaged in business development, brand management, and networking, establishing partnerships with 22+ banks and 6+ telecoms, including ICICI Bank, Etisalat, Amazon Pay, Vodafone, Western Union, Airtel Payments Bank, and more.
  • Played a key role in fundraising, successfully raised $250K in seed funding which helped us to reach 12M usd in annual revenue

Education

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Delhi Technological University
Delhi
04.2011 - 04.2015

High School Diploma -

DL DAV
New Delhi
01.1998 - 04.2010

Skills

Business Consulting

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Accomplishments

  • Garnered investments from renowned entities such as Startupbootcamp, Starcamp, and Global Scaling Academy. Achieved recognition as a Top 3 Global Fintech Startup by Entrepreneur.com and Fintech Galaxy.
  • Generated an impressive annual revenue of $12 Million USD and earned a spot among Top 5 Companies out of 850 Reg-tech firms by BBVA Bank.
  • Selected for exclusive acceleration and support programs, including Startupbootcamp, Smart Dubai Government, Fb-start, INV Global, IIM Kozhikode AI/ML Accelerator, AWS Edstart, Microsoft for Founders, Google for Startups, and Bonbillo Sustainability Development Accelerator.
  • Supported by Microsoft Founders Hub, Bonbillo Impact Accelerator, AWS Activate, and IIMK LIVE, securing grants and cloud credits worth $250K USD.
  • Authored and submitted comprehensive government tender proposals for Verismart.ai, contributing to business expansion and diversification.
  • Achieved extensive media presence in esteemed publications like Economics times, Yourstory, Business World Disrupt, VC Circle, India News, and Khaleej Times, and secured accolades including Gitex Dubai 2015, ICICI Trinity, and IBM GEP Top 10 startup.
  • Successfully obtained grants from government institutions and the United Nations worth $250K USD.

Software

Google workspace

Microsoft office Suite

Figma

Whimsical

ChatGpt

Leadsquared

Jira

Spreadsheet/Excel

Trello

Drawio

Tableau

Work Availability

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Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

Timeline

Co-Founder and Business Development Officer

Stride Ahead
07.2020 - Current

Business Growth Consultant

Raxter.io
05.2019 - 06.2020

Co-Founder and COO

Verismart.ai
07.2015 - 02.2019

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Delhi Technological University
04.2011 - 04.2015

High School Diploma -

DL DAV
01.1998 - 04.2010
Piyush GuptaBusiness Growth And Operations Professional