Venkat Ganesan

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Founder & CEO at Lantern Cloud · Agritech · fintech, rural distribution

Lantern Cloud
Thiruvananthapuram, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
15+ years experience
FMS Delhi
English, Hindi, Malayalam
Raising
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Overview

I started Lantern Cloud to fix agritech for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Took Lantern Cloud from zero to $2 million ARR. Grew the team to 23 people across 5 countries. Before that: Larsen & Toubro and TCS. I tinker with 3D printers.

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rural distributionagriculturesupply chainfintech
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Series B round open - payroll for freight forwarders, $262k MRR

Stage
Series B
Raising
$262k
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
$773k from operators in the space
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$262k MRR after 16 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

$262k MRR after 16 months. Looking for investors who know mobility and can help with pricing.

Thiruvananthapuram, India · remote OKsupply chainagriculturefintech
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Dec 2021 - Present
    Lantern Cloud · 4 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Grew the team to 88 people across 5 countries.
    • Took Lantern Cloud from zero to $11 million ARR.
  2. Finance Director
    Dec 2018 - Dec 2021
    Larsen & Toubro · 3 yr · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Ran diligence on 3 acquisitions.
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 18.
  3. Financial Analyst
    Oct 2016 - Dec 2018
    TCS · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 5 straight quarters.
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  4. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jan 2014 - Oct 2016
    Infosys · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 14.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $181 million raise.
  5. Finance Manager
    Apr 2012 - Sep 2013
    Nvidia · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Thiruvananthapuram, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $21 million raise.

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Education

  1. FMS Delhi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2013 - 2015
  2. Srishti Manipal Institute
    B.Des, Computer Science
    2006 - 2010

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