Philip Pereira

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Founder at Brook Commerce | ex-Hindustan Unilever

Brook Commerce
Thiruvananthapuram, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
12+ years experience
Manipal Institute of Technology
English, Hindi, Malayalam
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Brook Commerce, working on D2C food brands. Signed 160 paying customers, 20 of them enterprises. Before that: Hindustan Unilever and Atlassian. Plant-based cook and baker.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Early customers and design partners
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Questions about D2C food brands
Please don't message about
  • Generic networking requests
  • Courses and coaching offers
  • Offshore staffing offers

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Skills
supply chainconsumer brandsmarketing
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series B round open - payroll for airlines, 6 enterprise pilots

Stage
Series B
Raising
$2M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
6 enterprise pilots after 15 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

6 enterprise pilots after 15 months. Looking for investors who know banking and can help with expansion into MENA.

Thiruvananthapuram, India · remote OKconsumer brandsmarketingsupply chain
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Oct 2025 - Present
    Brook Commerce · 1 yr · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Took Brook Commerce from zero to $6 million ARR.
    • Grew the team to 103 people across 2 countries.
  2. Finance Director
    Jan 2023 - Oct 2025
    Hindustan Unilever · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $113 million raise.
  3. Finance Manager
    Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
    Atlassian · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 5 straight quarters.
  4. Finance Director
    Mar 2018 - Dec 2020
    Morgan Stanley · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Ran diligence on 11 acquisitions.
  5. FP&A Manager
    Oct 2014 - Dec 2017
    Siemens · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Ran diligence on 6 acquisitions.

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Education

  1. Manipal Institute of Technology
    B.Tech, Business Administration
    2007 - 2011

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