Sachin Bansal

Principal at Monsoon Growth · Consumer · venture capital, marketplaces

Monsoon Growth

Kolkata, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

5+ years experience

XLRI Jamshedpur

English, Hindi, Bengali

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Overview

Principal at Monsoon Growth, backing consumer companies. Sit on 2 boards. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Previously at Mastercard. Most at home with venture capital and brands. I coach a junior basketball team.

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marketplacesventure capitalbrands

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $2M cheques into Series A consumer in North America

Cheque size: $2M
Stages: Seed
Sectors: Consumer
Geographies: Global
Lead or follow: Follow
Decision time: 10 business days
How I help: First enterprise customers and pricing

Usually the first cheque in. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

Kolkata, Indiabrandsventure capitalmarketplaces

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Experience

Principal
Nov 2022 - Present
Monsoon Growth · 3 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Kolkata, India
- Backed 35 founders at pre-seed and seed.
- Led or co-led 37 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
Director of Product
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
Mastercard · 1 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Kolkata, India
- Grew marketplace revenue from $3 million to $42 million ARR.
- Ran 132 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

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Education

XLRI Jamshedpur
MBA, Business Administration
2020 - 2022
IIT Kanpur
B.Tech, Engineering
2016 - 2020

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