Manoj Manoj Nagarajan

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Founder & CEO at Cinder Energy · AI agents for operations teams

Cinder Energy
New Delhi, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
VIT Vellore
English, Hindi
Raising
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Overview

Building Cinder Energy in New Delhi - AI agents for operations teams. Grew the team to 91 people across 3 countries. Raised $36 million across 3 rounds.

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RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series B round open - fleet telematics for independent clinics, 6 enterprise pilots

Stage
Series B
Raising
$1M
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
$436k from an existing fund
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
6 enterprise pilots after 15 months
Use of funds
Engineering hires and the first sales team

6 enterprise pilots after 15 months. Looking for investors who know marketplaces and can help with pricing.

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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Apr 2022 - Present
    Cinder Energy · 4 yr 6 mo · Full-time · New Delhi, India
    • Took Cinder Energy from zero to $1 million ARR.
    • Grew the team to 67 people across 3 countries.
  2. Principal Product Manager
    Dec 2019 - Apr 2022
    PhonePe · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New Delhi, India
    • Backed 58 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 2 boards.
  3. Group Product Manager
    Dec 2016 - Dec 2019
    Ola · 3 yr · Contract · New Delhi, India
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new platform customers from 11 days to 2.

Projects

Open-source fundraising toolkit
2023

A small library for AI agents for operations teams that 422 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. VIT Vellore
    B.Tech, Business Administration
    2012 - 2016

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