Balu Sreeram Ranganathan

Associate at Harborview Ventures | ex-PwC

Harborview Ventures

Kochi, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

5+ years experience

Indian Statistical Institute

English, Hindi, Malayalam

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Overview

5 years around startups; now investing in fintech. Backed 48 founders at pre-seed and seed. Previously at PwC. Most at home with board work and due diligence. Home cook with strong opinions about biryani.

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Founders building in employment law
Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Second opinions on due diligence decisions
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Slower in the last week of each quarter

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InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $2M cheques into seed fintech in MENA

Cheque size: $2M
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: Employment law
Geographies: LatAm
Lead or follow: Any
Decision time: 10 business days
How I help: Intros to operators in our network

Typically lead or co-lead. We reply to every founder.

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Experience

Associate
Dec 2022 - Present
Harborview Ventures · 3 yr 10 mo · Contract · Kochi, India
- Built the privacy programme for launches in 7 countries.
- Secured 3 payments licences.
- Negotiated 474 commercial agreements a year.
Account Executive
Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
PwC · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Kochi, India
- Closed 219% of quota two years running.

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Education

Indian Statistical Institute
M.Stat, Engineering
2020 - 2022
NIT Surathkal
B.Tech, Engineering
2016 - 2020

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