Iqra Afreen Rahman

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Co-founder & CTO, Thistle Mobility - marketing · consumer brands · supply chain

Thistle Mobility
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
13+ years experience
IIT Kanpur
English, Hindi, Marathi
RaisingCo-founder
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Overview

Founder of Thistle Mobility (D2C food brands). 19 years of building before that. Took Thistle Mobility from zero to $5 million ARR. Learning woodworking.

Good reasons to reach out
  • People who want to build this with me
  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Second opinions on consumer brands decisions
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  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
Skills
supply chainmarketingconsumer brands
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $2.5M pre-seed for construction estimating for property managers

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$2.5M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
8 enterprise pilots after 29 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

8 enterprise pilots after 29 months. Looking for investors who know proptech and can help with expansion into India and SEA.

Mumbai, Indiaconsumer brandssupply chainmarketing
Open
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for pet insurance for airlines

The idea
Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for pet insurance for airlines
Stage
Customer interviews
I bring
7 years in D2C food brands
Looking for
Product-minded engineer
Commitment
Part-time to start
Location
Mumbai or remote

I bring 19 years of D2C food brands (currently Thistle Mobility). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Have a working prototype and design partners.

Mumbai, Indiamarketingconsumer brandssupply chain
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Jun 2023 - Present
    Thistle Mobility · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Raised $39 million across 2 rounds.
    • Took Thistle Mobility from zero to $11 million ARR.
  2. Product Manager
    Feb 2021 - Jun 2023
    Capgemini · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new logistics customers from 13 days to 1.
  3. Group Product Manager
    Nov 2019 - Feb 2021
    American Express · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Grew logistics revenue from $4 million to $43 million ARR.
  4. Product Manager
    Jan 2016 - Nov 2019
    TCS · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
    • Grew logistics revenue from $4 million to $43 million ARR.
  5. Group Product Manager
    Mar 2014 - Jan 2016
    Kotak Mahindra Bank · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new logistics customers from 13 days to 4.

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Education

  1. IIT Kanpur
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2002 - 2006

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