Rushabh Bhatt

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Founder & CEO at Lantern Learning | ex-Zomato

Lantern Learning
Hyderabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
8+ years experience
IIIT Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Telugu
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Overview

Founder of Lantern Learning (D2C food brands). 8 years of building before that. Grew the team to 73 people across 4 countries. Raised $6 million across 3 rounds. Most at home with supply chain and marketing. Learning Japanese, slowly.

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Skills
consumer brandsmarketingsupply chain

Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Mar 2025 - Present
    Lantern Learning · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Grew the team to 54 people across 2 countries.
    • Signed 383 paying customers, 16 of them enterprises.
    • Took Lantern Learning from zero to $12 million ARR.
  2. Partnerships Manager
    Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
    Zomato · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Opened 4 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.
    • Built the healthcare team from 3 to 31 reps.
  3. Sales Manager
    Mar 2021 - Jan 2024
    TCS · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Signed 13 channel partners that now source 41% of pipeline.
  4. Regional Sales Director
    Aug 2018 - Jan 2021
    Nvidia · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Opened 9 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.

Projects

Write-up: D2C food brands in practice
2025

A long-form guide to D2C food brands for people starting out.

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Education

  1. IIIT Hyderabad
    B.Tech, Economics
    2014 - 2018

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