At StartαPitch, we have a group of skilled professionals with demonstrated experience in creating winning business proposals and presentations to over 100+ investors.
Ananya Chand
Founder
Drawing on more than a decade of experience collaborating closely with growth stage companies, Ananya offers an extensive range of expertise in critical areas including fund-raising, growth strategy, and creating impactful campaigns. Through her leadership roles in startups and multinational corporations, Ananya has honed a distinct combination of marketing and financial acumen enabling her to lead fundraising campaigns from US$ 2MN to US$ 300MN+.
With direct exposure to the challenges faced by founding teams, she has a proven track-record of developing effective frameworks that have yielded success for startups in their early stages and during periods of rapid expansion. Ananya holds an MBA degree from the Indian School of Business. In her leisure time, she finds joy in tending to her garden.
Aditya Shankar
Co-founder
Aditya is a seasoned professional with expertise in the consumer tech industry. With a 10-year career spanning across both startups and multinational corporations, he has gained invaluable experience in strategy and operations for large-scale businesses. His extensive background includes hands-on experience in developing AI/ML products, geared towards achieving operational excellence.
Aditya is a graduate of IIT Madras & IIM Ahmedabad; is an avid wild life photographer and loves playing his bass guitar.
Sumit Dutta
Sourcing Partner
Sumit has more than 15 years of experience in brand building, deal sourcing, advisory and market outreach with corporates, startups, angel fund houses and incubators. In the past, he has been associated with Accenture, Hewlett Packard, Flipkart, Startup India, Ah! ventures, NASSCOM, IIM Calcutta and more.
Shalin Jain
Content Advisory Partner
Shalin is an entrepreneur and has run several startups in the tech domain over the last ten years. He currently runs Springzo, helping brands grow sustainably via organic marketing.
Shalin has a wealth of experience in developing and overseeing content strategy for 200+ startups driving their positioning, messaging and engagement and increasing their sales. Shalin's entrepreneurial journey is accompanied by a robust team of over 100 professionals who bring diverse expertise and skills to the table.
Shalin has a passion for indie & rap music, takes delight in exploring and experimenting with local food and cuisine, and is a coffee connoisseur.
Goutham Bari
Business Development Partner
Goutham is an ex-banker with the largest public sector bank of India, State Bank of India. He has handled implementation of impact debt and subsidy schemes from the government of India in rural and urban areas alike. He has also held branch manager positions in various regional rural banks across India and has overseen debt financing of many micro enterprises and cottage industries in India's hinterland. Having helped founders with debt and subsidized financing at the bottom of the pyramid, Goutham joined StartaPitch to understand further about helping equity financing and help founders bridge their financing goals with confidence.