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Over 40 Indian startup leaders transitioned between founding and executive roles in 2024: report

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 7m ago
Over 40 Indian startup leaders transitioned between founding and executive roles in 2024: report
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Several executives in the Indian startup ecosystem have transitioned between senior leadership roles and entrepreneurial positions. For instance, Karthik Gurumurthy, former head of Swiggy Instamart, became a co-founder of SRT10 Athleisure, a sports athleisure brand, along with Sachin Tendulkar. Ayyappan R, who led Cleartrip at Flipkart, left to build his own quick commerce startup called FirstClub. Abhijit Upadhye joined Rozana as a co-founder after working as a partner at xto10x. Other notable transitions include executives starting their own ventures, such as Utkrishta Kumar with Oolka and Manish Chawla with Noviq Consulting. Additionally, some leaders chose to take on executive positions, like Shamik Sharma joining Atlassian and Maruthy Ramgandhi becoming the CTO of Snitch.

IPO-bound Swiggy appoints Suparna Mitra as an independent director

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
IPO-bound Swiggy appoints Suparna Mitra as an independent director
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Swiggy has announced the appointment of Suparna Mitra as an independent director to its board. The move comes at a time when the Prosus-backed foodtech company is readying itself for public listing. Mitra, who was the CEO of Titan Company Limited’s Watches and Wearables Division, brings over 30 years of experience in lifestyle and retail. Mitra has joined Swiggy’s distinguished list of independent directors that includes Anand Kripalu, MD & Global CEO at EPL Limited and Chairperson of the Swiggy board, Shailesh Haribhakti, chairman of Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates, and Sahil Barua, MD and CEO at Delhivery. Swiggy has seen a few key executives’ departures at the management of late. Some of the notable executives who have left the firm since April last year are Karan Arora (VP and head of supply chain management), Nishad Kenkre (VP and head of revenue and growth at Instamart), Ashish Lingamneni (VP and head of brand and product marketing), Dale Vaz, chief technology officer, and senior VP Karthik Gurumurthy. Meanwhile, it has also announced new appointments such as Ashwath Swaminathan as its chief growth & marketing officer and Anirban Roy and Dipak Krishnamani as VP of Growth and VP of Swiggy Mall, respectively. As mentioned above, the foodtech firm is in the process to file its IPO papers soon. According to Entrackr‘s exclusive report, Swiggy booked Rs 5,476 crore in revenue from operations during the first three quarters of financial year FY23. The company recorded $200 million (approximately Rs 1,600 crore) loss for the nine months.

Rahul Chaudhary quits Matrix Partners; to start his new venture

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Rahul Chaudhary quits Matrix Partners; to start his new venture
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Rahul Chaudhary, who joined venture capital fund Matrix Partners India in February last year, has quit the firm to start his new venture, according to sources aware of the development. Chaudhary left the firm in January this year. As per sources, Chaudhary is planning to launch his new venture soon. Before joining Matrix, Chaudhary spent nearly seven years at Treebo as the co-founder and currently serves as board member of the hotel aggregating platform. Sidharth Gupta and Kadam Jeet Jain are the other two co-founders of the Bengaluru-based company. It’s worth noting that Matrix is an early investor in Treebo. During Chaudhary’s tenure at Matrix Partners India, the had launched a fund worth $450 million and later extended the target size for the fund to $525 million. Since then, the fund has backed more than dozen startups including Neysa, InPrime, Krutrim SI Designs, Aampe, Atomic Work, Wootz.work, Stable Money, and Scapia, among others. Further details about Chaudhary’s new venture couldn’t be ascertained. Queries sent to him did not elicit any response until publication of the story. Chaudhary will join several VCs who have quit their post in 2024 to start a new venture. In March, Nexus Venture Partners’s managing director Sameer Brij Verma left the firm to launch a multi stage fund while Peak XV’s Piyush Gupta stepped down in April to start his own VC firm. In the same month, Lightspeed’s partners Vaibhav Agrawal and Abhishek Nag put in their papers. While Agrawal is launching his own venture firm, Nag joined Mumbai-based 360 One to lead early-stage investments. Most recently, Anand Chandrasekaran left US-based VC firm General Catalysts to focus on his AI startup Crescendo.

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