Rakesh Shankar Venkatesan

Founder & CEO at Heron Analytics · D2C food brands · supply chain, marketing

Heron Analytics

Coimbatore, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

12+ years experience

IIT Bombay IDC

English, Hindi, Tamil

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Overview

Building Heron Analytics in Coimbatore - D2C food brands. Previously built and sold a small D2C food brands company. Signed 253 paying customers, 12 of them enterprises. Most at home with marketing and supply chain. Learning to sail.

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supply chainconsumer brandsmarketing

Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

closes in 3 months

Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for code review for CPG brands

The idea: Code review for CPG brands
Stage: Idea
I bring: 13 years in D2C food brands
Looking for: Technical co-founder who has shipped B2B software
Commitment: Part-time to start
Location: Coimbatore or remote

I bring 22 years of D2C food brands (currently Heron Analytics). Ideally you've built ML systems in production. Have a working prototype and design partners.

Coimbatore, Indiamarketingconsumer brandssupply chain

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Experience

Founder & CEO
Mar 2022 - Present
Heron Analytics · 4 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Raised $15 million across 2 rounds.
- Signed 185 paying customers, 14 of them enterprises.
- Took Heron Analytics from zero to $5 million ARR.
Associate Product Manager
Sep 2020 - Mar 2022
Boston Consulting Group · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Ran 107 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
Group Product Manager
Sep 2018 - Sep 2020
Freshworks · 2 yr · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Ran 58 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
- Took logistics activation from 31% to 56% in three quarters.
Senior Product Manager
May 2017 - Sep 2018
Atlassian · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Ran 103 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
- Launched the logistics product in 13 markets.
Product Manager
Nov 2014 - May 2017
Accenture · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
- Ran 59 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
- Grew logistics revenue from $8 million to $33 million ARR.

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Education

IIT Bombay IDC
M.Des, Business Administration
2006 - 2008
University of Delhi
B.Com, Business Administration
1999 - 2003

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