Indranil Prasanta Dutta

Co-founder & CTO, Saffron Studio - consumer brands · supply chain · marketing

Saffron Studio

Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

14+ years experience

IIT Roorkee

English, Hindi, Kannada

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Overview

Founder of Saffron Studio (D2C food brands). 22 years of building before that. Took Saffron Studio from zero to $2 million ARR. Signed 230 paying customers, 15 of them enterprises. I write short fiction no one reads.

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Skills

supply chainconsumer brandsmarketing

RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Raising a $3M seed for customer support automation for public hospitals

Stage: Seed
Raising: $3M
Instrument: SAFE
Committed so far: Opening the round now
Lead investor: Lead in place
Traction: $282k MRR after 28 months
Use of funds: Engineering hires and the first sales team

$282k MRR after 28 months. Looking for investors who know healthtech and can help with hiring.

Bengaluru, Indiasupply chainmarketingconsumer brands

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Experience

Co-founder & CTO
Nov 2024 - Present
Saffron Studio · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Raised $10 million across 3 rounds.
- Signed 107 paying customers, 13 of them enterprises.
- Grew the team to 113 people across 5 countries.
FP&A Manager
Aug 2021 - Nov 2024
Zerodha · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
Financial Analyst
Sep 2017 - May 2021
Oracle · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Ran diligence on 3 acquisitions.
- Closed the books in 6 days, down from 14.
Controller
Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
Google · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Saved $2 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
- Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 10 straight quarters.
Controller
Sep 2012 - Apr 2016
Mahindra Group · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Built the operating model the board used for a $31 million raise.
- Ran diligence on 12 acquisitions.

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Education

IIT Roorkee
B.Tech, Economics
1999 - 2003

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