Viral Chokshi

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Co-founder & COO, Verge Foods - mobile · growth · content

Verge Foods
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
11+ years experience
IIT Kanpur
English, Hindi, Marathi
Raising
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Overview

Building Verge Foods in Pune - edtech. Signed 177 paying customers, 20 of them enterprises. Before that: Morgan Stanley and Boston Consulting Group. Learning Japanese, slowly.

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Skills
growthcontentmobileeducation
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series A round open - pet insurance for shipping lines, $389k MRR

Stage
Series A
Raising
$389k
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
$723k from angels
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$389k MRR after 27 months
Use of funds
Engineering hires and the first sales team

$389k MRR after 27 months. Looking for investors who know media and can help with regulatory approvals.

Pune, India · remote OKeducationgrowthcontent
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Jun 2023 - Present
    Verge Foods · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Signed 111 paying customers, 18 of them enterprises.
    • Raised $26 million across 2 rounds.
    • Took Verge Foods from zero to $5 million ARR.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Nov 2021 - Jun 2023
    Morgan Stanley · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Ran diligence on 12 acquisitions.
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 18.
  3. FP&A Manager
    Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
    Boston Consulting Group · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $263 million raise.
    • Ran diligence on 5 acquisitions.
  4. Finance Director
    Aug 2017 - Feb 2020
    Ola · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Ran diligence on 10 acquisitions.
  5. Financial Analyst
    Mar 2016 - Aug 2017
    Swiggy · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Ran diligence on 5 acquisitions.

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Education

  1. IIT Kanpur
    B.Tech, Economics
    2002 - 2006

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