Poornima Sindhu Kannan

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Investment Analyst at Juniper Seed Fund · brands, marketplaces

Juniper Seed Fund
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
3+ years experience
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
English, Hindi, Kannada
Investing
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Overview

Investment Analyst at Juniper Seed Fund, backing consumer companies. Backed 45 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 15 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later. Previously at Oakline Financial. Most at home with venture capital and marketplaces. Kannada theatre fan.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in consumer
  • Second opinions on marketplaces decisions
  • Working sessions on venture capital
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • Generic networking requests
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Offshore staffing offers

Replies between meetings, usually same day

Skills
venture capitalbrandsmarketplaces
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $50k cheques into Series A consumer in Africa

Cheque size
$50k
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Consumer, climate
Geographies
India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Typically lead or co-lead. We reply to every founder.

Bengaluru, Indiamarketplacesbrandsventure capital
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Experience

  1. Investment Analyst
    Jan 2025 - Present
    Juniper Seed Fund · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Backed 10 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 3 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.
  2. Sales Manager
    Oct 2023 - Jan 2025
    Oakline Financial · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Built the public sector team from 5 to 15 reps.
    • Closed 188% of quota two years running.

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Education

  1. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
    B.A., Business Administration
    2018 - 2022

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