About Us
Datakatalyst Ventures was founded by Rajeev Manjrekar in 2018, he is a Graduate in Statistics from University of Pune and has pursued his MBA from SIBM Pune. After a corporate career spanning almost 2 decades across renowned companies like Adecco SA, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, SBI Cards, Pidilite Industries and L'Oreal in leadership positions, he decided to become an entrepreneur in 2012.
He has successfully launched, scaled-up and exited from two startup ventures, MY SEARCH - Hyper Local Search App (2013-15) and SKILL STORY - HR Tech Product (2015-18) as a Co-Founder. After the last exit, he has been advising startups and their founders as an Investment Banker to make them investor ready and help raising equity funds through his network.
He is also on board of various Entrepreneurship Cells of premier educational institutes across the country and is empaneled as a Mentor with Startup India, a Government of India Initiative.
Our Team
Ashish Kulkarni
Partner
With an MBA from Oxford Brookes University, Ashish is heading the Investor Relations Team.
He has over 15 years of Sales & Marketing experience in India & UK in multiple domains and is passionate about Deep Tech startups.
Deepa Manjrekar
Partner
Science Graduate from University of Pune with PG degree in IT, Deepa has worked with tech ventures like Convergent , Datapro Infoworld, UTL Technologies and telecom major Idea Cellular. She manages the Operations and Technology Innovation.
CA Pratik Vyas
AVP - Operations
Pratik is a Chartered Accountant and has completed his CFA 1.
He is a Commerce graduate from Pune University and has additionally pursued Financial Modelling and Valuations Program from The WallStreet School. He has earlier worked with KPMG.
Naman Karamchandani
Sr. Financial Analyst
Naman has completed his B. A. Hon. (Business Economics) from Delhi University and has also cleared CFA Level 1. He has additionally pursued Financial Modelling and Valuations Program from The WallStreet School.
Shivanshu Agarwal
Financial Analyst
Shivanshu has completed his B. Com. (Hon) from Medicaps University Indore and has also cleared CFA Level 2. He has additionally pursued Financial Modelling and Valuations Program from edZeb.
Karan Sukheja
Financial Analyst
Karan has completed his B. A. (Economics) from Delhi University and is appearing for CFA Level 1. He has additionally pursued Financial Modelling and Valuations Program from edZeb
Amit Pathak
Investor Relations Manager
Amit has completed his MBA from Jain University and BBA from Pune University. He has earlier worked with Jet Synthesis and Springup Capital.
Richa Sabnis
Associate Financial Analyst
Richa has completed her M. Com. from Pune University and has also cleared CFA Level 1. She has additionally pursued Financial Modelling and Valuations Program from The WallStreet School.
Abhinav Rai
Associate Financial Analyst
Abhinav has completed his
B. Com. from Delhi University
and has also cleared CFA Level 1.
He has additionally pursued Financial Modelling and Valuations Program from The WallStreet School.
Yukti Vora
IB Intern - Founders Office
Yukti is pursuing her Bachelors in Business Administration, speacialising in International Business, from Garware College Pune.
Our Approach
We work with startups having unique scalable product idea, backed by a founding team with right expertise and experience. Our team of Financial Analysts engage with the founders to understand their business plan and their readiness to meet investors. We advise if there is anything is missing in the narrative and we assist in getting it technically right.
Once we have the documentation ready, our Investor Relations team helps set up meetings with investors, negotiate terms and close the funding round.
Us in Numbers
10,000+
Starup pitch decks screened
11
Countries
3,000+
Investor meetings over coffee
500+
Investor Connects
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