Suresh Sathish Kannan

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Co-founder & COO at Kestrel Analytics · Climate analytics

Kestrel Analytics
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
9+ years experience
ISB Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Kannada
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Kestrel Analytics (climate analytics). 9 years of building before that. Took Kestrel Analytics from zero to $5 million ARR. Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company. Most at home with carbon accounting and climate tech. I write a small newsletter about climate analytics.

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Skills
carbon accountingenterprise salesclimate techdata
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series B round open - tutoring for CPG brands, $1M ARR

Stage
Series B
Raising
$1M
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$1M ARR after 15 months
Use of funds
Engineering hires and the first sales team

$1M ARR after 15 months. Looking for investors who know edtech and can help with regulatory approvals.

Bengaluru, Indiaclimate techcarbon accountingenterprise sales
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Sep 2024 - Present
    Kestrel Analytics · 2 yr 1 mo · Contract · Bengaluru, India
    • Took Kestrel Analytics from zero to $10 million ARR.
    • Raised $24 million across 3 rounds.
  2. Engagement Manager
    Nov 2022 - Sep 2024
    Nykaa · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Delivered 17 engagements across 6 countries.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 30 deals.
  3. Senior Consultant
    Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
    Zomato · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Delivered 19 engagements across 4 countries.
  4. Consultant
    Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
    Zerodha · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Ran commercial diligence on 30 deals.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from company
2023

What went wrong and what worked while scaling climate analytics.

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Education

  1. ISB Hyderabad
    MBA, Business Administration
    2018 - 2020
  2. Manipal Institute of Technology
    B.Tech, Economics
    2012 - 2016

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