Karthik Dev Joshi

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Co-founder & CTO, Orchard HQ - supply chain · agriculture · rural distribution

Orchard HQ
Dubai, UAE · GST (UTC+4)
12+ years experience
University of Dubai
English, Arabic
Advising
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Overview

Building Orchard HQ in Dubai - agritech. Raised $16 million across 2 rounds. Signed 192 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises. Before that: Fawry and STC. Most at home with go-to-market and rural distribution. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on agritech
  • Second opinions on agriculture decisions
  • Questions about agritech
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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Skills
go-to-marketrural distributionagriculturefintechsupply chain
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: agritech and go-to-market

Topics
agritech, agriculture, rural distribution
Format
Calls
Terms
Free for early founders
Capacity
One call a month
Best for
Engineers moving into leadership

15 years of agritech. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

Dubai, UAE · remote OKgo-to-marketrural distributionfintech
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Jun 2025 - Present
    Orchard HQ · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Grew the team to 24 people across 5 countries.
    • Took Orchard HQ from zero to $12 million ARR.
  2. Engagement Manager
    Apr 2024 - Jun 2025
    Fawry · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $89 million.
    • Designed the operating model for a 17 thousand-person transformation.
  3. Consultant
    Dec 2020 - Apr 2024
    STC · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $164 million.
    • Delivered 11 engagements across 10 countries.
  4. Consultant
    Apr 2018 - Dec 2020
    Swvl · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $67 million.
  5. Consultant
    Feb 2015 - Apr 2018
    Careem · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Delivered 28 engagements across 4 countries.
    • Designed the operating model for a 8 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

  1. University of Dubai
    BBA, Business Administration
    2006 - 2010

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