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RAGHVENDRA DHAKAD

Bengaluru

Summary

I'm a versatile professional in venture capitalism and product management, with leadership in micro VC for startups and private equity rounds. I bring extensive experience, excelling in identifying investment opportunities and successfully building products. My track record showcases a strategic vision and hands-on expertise in the startup ecosystem, focusing on understanding user behavior, especially for the Indian consumer.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

INVESTMENT LEAD

JAIATECH VENTURES
Bangalore
09.2022 - Current

• Helmed the startup investment division of Jaiatech Ventures, instituting a highly effective investment framework and broadening the scope of our deal sourcing network

• Executed three successful investments, with plans for 10 more in the next three years, while raising funds for Jaiatech Ventures

• Crafted guiding mottos and thesis for JTV's investment philosophy ,additionally focusing on Consumer Tech,SAAS and DeepTech

• Developed a robust plan for JTV's Private Equity arm and contributed to future mergers and acquisitions for the portfolio companies

Product Analyst

1K KIRANA BAZAR
Gurgaon
02.2022 - 08.2022

• Worked on the Gamification of consumer app of 1k for user engagement and increased app session frequency by 30%

• Built an application to capture the demand of 1k partners that decreased the retailers ordering time by 3 fold

• Developed a pricing rule engine to minimize the retailer's investments on inventory and increased the profit of 1k Rs10 lakh/week

• Built an Inventory management system to improve the supply chain and decreased the rate of liquidation by 50%

INVESTMENT ANALYST

SPECIALE INVEST
Bangalore
08.2021 - 01.2022

• Focused on early stage SaaS B2B and built investment notes in the sectors like Data management ,Cyber security

• Built Investment thesis in deep tech sector like Blockchain, web 3.0 and closely worked in the emerging sector in biotechnology

• Interdisciplinary evaluation of new investment opportunities, business model analysis, competitor research, and due diligence

DATA ANALYTICS

INTUITION SYSTEMS
Bangalore
05.2019 - 06.2019

• Applied various machine learning models on the real world datasets of various restaurants to predict and analyzed the future sales

• Built case studies for various restaurants and retail markets to increase the revenue of their products

• Successfully built the machine learning models for the analytics application in the company's POS

BUSINESS CONSULTANT

STEP IIT KHARAGPUR
Kharagpur
05.2020 - 06.2020

• Predicted the profit by usage of cold storage with the help of using the seasonal price analysis

• Improved the supply chain of farmers production by developing an online platform to connect farmers of a panchayat level

Education

B.TECH +M.TECH Dual Degree 5Y - Biotechnology

IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur
04.2021

Board of Secondary Education -

Shivpuri Public Secondary School
Shivpuri , Madhya Pradesh
04.2015

All India Secondary School Examination (CBSE) -

Kolaras Public High School
Kolaras , Madhya Pradesh
04.2013

Skills

  • Investment in startups/pre IPO
  • Product management
  • Mixpanel
  • Figma
  • Google analytics
  • SQL
  • Python
  • C
  • C
  • Data Analytics

Community and academic involvement

  • Raised over INR 50,000 for Kerala relief.
  • Elected General Secretary for RK Hall's 620-member electorate.
  • Excelled in Inter-hall case studies, virtual trading at IIT Kharagpur.
  • Active in National Service Scheme, won gold for Rangoli in 2016.

Leadership and operations

  • Elected General Secretary for RK Hall's 620-member electorate.
  • Led a team of 33 members, organized hall events, and managed monthly bills for RK Mess.

Timeline

INVESTMENT LEAD

JAIATECH VENTURES
09.2022 - Current

Product Analyst

1K KIRANA BAZAR
02.2022 - 08.2022

INVESTMENT ANALYST

SPECIALE INVEST
08.2021 - 01.2022

BUSINESS CONSULTANT

STEP IIT KHARAGPUR
05.2020 - 06.2020

DATA ANALYTICS

INTUITION SYSTEMS
05.2019 - 06.2019

B.TECH +M.TECH Dual Degree 5Y - Biotechnology

IIT Kharagpur

Board of Secondary Education -

Shivpuri Public Secondary School

All India Secondary School Examination (CBSE) -

Kolaras Public High School
RAGHVENDRA DHAKAD