Siva Venkatesan

Overview

I started Cairn Robotics to fix climate analytics for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Grew the team to 25 people across 3 countries. Before that: HDFC Bank and Uber. I write short fiction no one reads.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Mar 2025 - Present
   Cairn Robotics · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Grew the team to 19 people across 3 countries.
   • Raised $3 million across 2 rounds.
   • Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company.
2. Financial Analyst

   Dec 2022 - Mar 2025
   HDFC Bank · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
3. Senior Financial Analyst

   May 2021 - Dec 2022
   Uber · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
4. FP&A Manager

   Feb 2018 - May 2021
   Asian Paints · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
   • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 18.
5. Financial Analyst

   Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
   Meesho · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 16.
   • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 6 straight quarters.

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Education

1. IIT Bombay IDC

   M.Des, Economics
   2004 - 2006
2. VIT Vellore

   B.Tech, Economics
   2000 - 2004