Melissa Chacko

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Co-founder & CTO at Vista Analytics · Climate analytics

Vista Analytics
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
13+ years experience
XLRI Jamshedpur
English, Hindi, Marathi
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Overview

Building Vista Analytics in Pune - climate analytics. Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company. Signed 374 paying customers, 21 of them enterprises. Before that: Adobe and Groww. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

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Skills
enterprise salescarbon accountingdataclimate tech
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closes in 3 months

Series A round open - compliance automation for nonprofits, 15% month-on-month growth

Stage
Series A
Raising
$1.5M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
$381k from angels
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
15% month-on-month growth after 6 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

15% month-on-month growth after 6 months. Looking for investors who know climate tech and can help with regulatory approvals.

Pune, Indiacarbon accountingenterprise salesdata
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Jan 2025 - Present
    Vista Analytics · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Raised $28 million across 2 rounds.
    • Grew the team to 92 people across 2 countries.
    • Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company.
  2. Director of Engineering
    Mar 2021 - Jan 2025
    Adobe · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Wrote the carbon accounting service that now handles 35 million requests a day.
    • Led the migration of 78 services to carbon accounting.
  3. Principal Engineer
    Nov 2017 - Mar 2021
    Groww · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Led or co-led 21 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
  4. Senior Software Engineer
    Dec 2013 - Sep 2017
    Myntra · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Brought on-call pages for developer experience down from 23 a week to 2.

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Education

  1. XLRI Jamshedpur
    MBA, Business Administration
    2016 - 2018
  2. IIT Madras
    B.Tech, Engineering
    2009 - 2013

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