Rajesh Radhakrishnan

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About Rajesh Radhakrishnan

Venture capital Partner working with startups in India, Bangladesh and with investors globally. Working with investors who find three things interesting and unique about our VC: i. International in general, India-Bangladesh in particular; ii. sector focus: logistics, transportation, the "enablers of consumer consumption"( & industrial too) in the rapidly growing GDP and consumption of India, Bangladesh; and appreciation for a management team with operating experience, picking more refined deals and nurturing the investments to grow to exits targeted 10x, & solid corporate ethics. Global executive, and growth partner to CEOs, division Presidents and Boards. Held senior executive roles in strategy, business dev/ m&a, marketing, and operating responsibilities at industrial- manufacturing, automotive, capital goods, and infrastructure companies. As Consultant and executive at industrial/ auto companies led growth teams in USA, India, Indonesia, France, Brazil, Mexico, China. Specialty projects currently relate to Digital marketing, Data Analytics, New Market Entry/ Market Development, Organizational Transformation, and Supply Chain, Logistics. Customer-oriented, Strategic-thinking, Cross-functional Team Leader with 20 years experience in Marketing, Growth, and P&L general management roles. International and Cross-cultural partner to clients with strong sense of development of organizational capability in processes and people. Served on Boards of three US-non-profit organizations. MBA Kellogg School (Northwestern University-Chicago), BS (Engineering) Indian Institute of Technology IIT-Bombay Multi-Industry Experience: Diverse Industrial sub-segments: Automotive, Agriculture-Dairy, Construction-Infrastructure, Water, Power, Utilities, Refrigeration/HVAC Cross-functional, Data Analytics, Digital Mktg, Supply Chain, Cost Mgmt Specialties: Emerging Markets; Growing complex/new markets and International markets (US-Canada-Mexico,India,Bangladesh,SE Asia,France,Brazil); Strategy, BD, M&A, Marketing