Ipsita Upasana Nandi

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Co-founder & CTO at Lantern Learning · D2C food brands · supply chain, consumer brands

Lantern Learning
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
5+ years experience
FMS Delhi
English, Hindi, Kannada
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Overview

I started Lantern Learning to fix D2C food brands for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Took Lantern Learning from zero to $12 million ARR. Raised $2 million across 2 rounds. Outside work: long runs and longer podcasts.

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Hiring our first product designer at Lantern Learning - Bengaluru

Role
Product designer
Level
Senior
Type
Contract
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹50-80 LPA
Team
Founding team, 4 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Good judgment about what not to build
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp ₹32-52 LPA. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Jun 2025 - Present
    Lantern Learning · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Took Lantern Learning from zero to $2 million ARR.
    • Raised $37 million across 2 rounds.
    • Signed 171 paying customers, 6 of them enterprises.
  2. Controller
    Jul 2023 - Jun 2025
    Bosch · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 5 straight quarters.
  3. Controller
    Aug 2021 - May 2023
    HCLTech · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Saved $2 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $107 million raise.

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Conference talk: lessons from company
2025

What went wrong and what worked while scaling D2C food brands.

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Education

  1. FMS Delhi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2021 - 2023
  2. SRM Institute of Science and Technology
    B.Tech, Business Administration
    2017 - 2021

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