Shantanu Raval

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Founder at Gather Finance · D2C food brands · marketing, supply chain

Gather Finance
Ahmedabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
Christ University
English, Hindi, Gujarati
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Gather Finance, working on D2C food brands. Raised $8 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Nvidia and Asian Paints. I host a monthly meetup on D2C food brands.

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closes in 3 months

Pre-seed round open - loyalty programmes for hardware startups, 12 enterprise pilots

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$1.5M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
12 enterprise pilots after 29 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

12 enterprise pilots after 29 months. Looking for investors who know media and can help with expansion into North America.

Ahmedabad, India · remote OKmarketingsupply chainconsumer brands
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Sep 2023 - Present
    Gather Finance · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Previously built and sold a small D2C food brands company.
    • Took Gather Finance from zero to $8 million ARR.
  2. Associate Partner
    May 2022 - Sep 2023
    Nvidia · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Grew the data platform team from 3 to 30 engineers.
  3. Engagement Manager
    Jan 2021 - May 2022
    Asian Paints · 1 yr 4 mo · Contract · Ahmedabad, India
    • Delivered 12 engagements across 6 countries.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 10 deals.
  4. Senior Consultant
    Mar 2018 - Jan 2021
    Intel · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Ran commercial diligence on 32 deals.
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $79 million.
  5. Business Analyst
    Aug 2016 - Mar 2018
    Uber · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Reduced cloud spend on search by 42% in two quarters.
    • Cut p99 latency on the search services from 606ms to 92ms.

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Education

  1. Christ University
    BBA, Engineering
    2004 - 2008

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