Jahnavi Dhawan

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Founder at Alder Foods · Agritech

Alder Foods
Indore, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
16+ years experience
Anna University
English, Hindi
Co-founder
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Overview

Founder of Alder Foods (agritech). 18 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small agritech company. Before that: Meesho and BigBasket. Collector of fountain pens.

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  • Questions about agritech
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Skills
agriculturefintechrural distributionsupply chain
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for cold-chain monitoring for logistics fleets

The idea
Cold-chain monitoring for logistics fleets
Stage
Idea
I bring
15 years in agritech
Looking for
Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Indore or remote

I bring 18 years of agritech (currently Alder Foods). Ideally you've sold to enterprises. Pre-product, some customer interviews done.

Indore, India · remote OKsupply chainrural distributionagriculture
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Jun 2023 - Present
    Alder Foods · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
    • Grew the team to 55 people across 2 countries.
    • Signed 273 paying customers, 9 of them enterprises.
    • Previously built and sold a small agritech company.
  2. Senior Consultant
    Jun 2021 - Mar 2023
    Meesho · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
    • Delivered 16 engagements across 9 countries.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 18 deals.
  3. Engagement Manager
    Aug 2017 - Jun 2021
    BigBasket · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $65 million.
    • Designed the operating model for a 11 thousand-person transformation.
  4. Senior Consultant
    Jan 2014 - Aug 2017
    Nykaa · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
    • Delivered 11 engagements across 9 countries.
    • Designed the operating model for a 14 thousand-person transformation.
  5. Engagement Manager
    Feb 2011 - Jan 2014
    Kotak Mahindra Bank · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Indore, India
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $37 million.
    • Delivered 25 engagements across 4 countries.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from company
2026

What went wrong and what worked while scaling agritech.

Side project: a commute planner
2022

Built with rural distribution and supply chain. 1731 people used it last year.

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Education

  1. Anna University
    B.E., Engineering
    2004 - 2008

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