Harini Raghavan

Associate, Driftwood Capital - marketplaces · venture capital · brands

Driftwood Capital

Chennai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

3+ years experience

Anna University

English, Hindi, Tamil

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Associate at Driftwood Capital, backing consumer companies. Backed 60 founders at pre-seed and seed. Previously at Microsoft. Most at home with marketplaces and venture capital. I host a monthly meetup on consumer.

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venture capitalmarketplacesbrands

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into pre-seed consumer in the US

Cheque size: $250k
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: Fintech regulation
Geographies: India
Lead or follow: Any
Decision time: 10 business days
How I help: Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 2 weeks.

Chennai, Indiaventure capitalmarketplacesbrands

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Experience

Associate
Oct 2024 - Present
Driftwood Capital · 2 yr · Contract · Chennai, India
- Built the privacy programme for launches in 25 countries.
- Secured 8 payments licences.
- Negotiated 502 commercial agreements a year.
Sales Development Representative
Oct 2023 - Oct 2024
Microsoft · 1 yr · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Signed 23 channel partners that now source 42% of pipeline.
- Closed 131% of quota two years running.

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Education

Anna University
B.E., Computer Science
2018 - 2022

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