Mohan Harish Balasubramanian
SCo-founder & COO at Compass Logistics | ex-Nykaa
- Compass Logistics
- Coimbatore, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
- 14+ years experience
- IIT Bombay
- English, Hindi, Tamil
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Overview
I started Compass Logistics to fix agritech for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Previously built and sold a small agritech company. Plant-based cook and baker.
Good reasons to reach out
- Thoughtful intros to people in my field
- Second opinions on agriculture decisions
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- Crypto token projects
- SEO and link-building offers
- Unpaid work or spec projects
Slower in the last week of each quarter
Skills
supply chainagriculturefintechrural distribution
Experience
- Co-founder & COOOct 2021 - PresentCompass Logistics · 5 yr · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Grew the team to 24 people across 2 countries.
- Raised $23 million across 2 rounds.
- ControllerJan 2019 - Oct 2021Nykaa · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
- Finance DirectorJan 2017 - Jan 2019TCS · 2 yr · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Built the operating model the board used for a $271 million raise.
- Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
- Finance ManagerOct 2013 - Jan 2017Capgemini · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Built the operating model the board used for a $69 million raise.
- Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 8 straight quarters.
- ControllerMay 2012 - Oct 2013McKinsey & Company · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Closed the books in 5 days, down from 12.
- Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
Projects
Agritech benchmark
2025Reproducible benchmarks comparing rural distribution and supply chain on real workloads.
Side project: a commute planner
2022Built with rural distribution and supply chain. 3276 people used it last year.
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Education
- IIT BombayB.Tech, Business Administration2005 - 2009
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