Hardik Khare

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Co-founder & CTO at Alder Logistics · marketing, consumer brands

Alder Logistics
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
11+ years experience
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
English, Hindi, Marathi
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Overview

Co-founder & CTO of Alder Logistics, working on D2C food brands. Raised $36 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Intuit and TCS. Most at home with supply chain and consumer brands.

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Skills
supply chainmarketingconsumer brands
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Seed round open - cash-flow forecasting for landlords, $203k MRR

Stage
Seed
Raising
$203k
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$163k from an existing fund
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
$203k MRR after 19 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

$203k MRR after 19 months. Looking for investors who know edtech and can help with regulatory approvals.

Pune, Indiaconsumer brandssupply chainmarketing
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HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Alder Logistics is hiring 2 founding engineers in Pune

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹30-80 LPA
Team
Founding team, 8 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
Production experience with marketing Production experience with consumer brands Ownership of something end to end
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp ₹33-74 LPA. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Pune, India · remote OKsupply chainmarketingconsumer brands
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Apr 2023 - Present
    Alder Logistics · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Previously built and sold a small D2C food brands company.
    • Signed 31 paying customers, 7 of them enterprises.
    • Took Alder Logistics from zero to $6 million ARR.
  2. Financial Analyst
    Dec 2020 - Apr 2023
    Intuit · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Ran diligence on 4 acquisitions.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
    TCS · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  4. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
    Bajaj Finserv · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  5. FP&A Manager
    Oct 2015 - Jul 2017
    Dream11 · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 16.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $159 million raise.

Projects

Open-source consumer brands toolkit
2026

A small library for D2C food brands that 769 developers star on GitHub.

Write-up: D2C food brands in practice
2025

A long-form guide to D2C food brands for people starting out.

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Education

  1. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
    MBA, Business Administration
    2018 - 2020
  2. Shri Ram College of Commerce
    B.Com, Business Administration
    2011 - 2015

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