Prasanta Behera

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Founder at Fern Security · D2C food brands

Fern Security
Kolkata, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
11+ years experience
IIIT Bangalore
English, Hindi, Bengali
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Overview

I started Fern Security to fix D2C food brands for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Previously built and sold a small D2C food brands company. Signed 391 paying customers, 7 of them enterprises. Before that: Adobe and Morgan Stanley. Most at home with supply chain and marketing.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Second opinions on supply chain decisions
  • Working sessions on marketing
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Crypto token projects

Replies on weekday evenings

Skills
marketingconsumer brandssupply chain
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series B round open - energy audits for LatAm marketplaces, $218k MRR

Stage
Series B
Raising
$218k
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
$229k from angels
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$218k MRR after 10 months
Use of funds
Product and compliance

$218k MRR after 10 months. Looking for investors who know cybersecurity and can help with pricing.

Kolkata, India · remote OKsupply chainmarketingconsumer brands
Open
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Hiring our first product designer at Fern Security - Kolkata or remote

Role
Product designer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Compensation
₹18-60 LPA
Team
Founding team, 8 people
Start
This quarter
Must have
A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Ownership of something end to end
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp ₹42-75 LPA. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Kolkata, India · remote OKsupply chainmarketingconsumer brands
Open

Experience

  1. Founder
    Nov 2025 - Present
    Fern Security · 11 mo · Full-time · Kolkata, India
    • Took Fern Security from zero to $6 million ARR.
    • Signed 202 paying customers, 14 of them enterprises.
  2. Business Analyst
    Feb 2023 - Sep 2025
    Adobe · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Kolkata, India
    • Reduced cloud spend on ML platform by 37% in two quarters.
  3. Senior Consultant
    Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
    Morgan Stanley · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Kolkata, India
    • Delivered 10 engagements across 4 countries.
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $13 million.
  4. Senior Consultant
    Nov 2017 - Sep 2021
    Persistent Systems · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Kolkata, India
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $199 million.
  5. Consultant
    Nov 2015 - Oct 2017
    Paytm · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Kolkata, India
    • Ran commercial diligence on 6 deals.

Projects

Open-source marketing toolkit
2025

A small library for D2C food brands that 211 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. IIIT Bangalore
    M.Tech, Engineering
    2014 - 2016
  2. NIT Surathkal
    B.Tech, Engineering
    2009 - 2013

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