Alok Ranjan on Tal
Headline
founder, GAON(Bootstrapped to 50Cr+ in GFV)|Shark Tank India S4|Ex-Associate Director at Pine Labs | food & foodtech | ex- HungerBox,Paytm, NDTV,Microsoft|founder-LetsLink|Bookingarena
About
A startup freak, hustler and entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience, holding an MBA from the Delhi School of Business and an Executive Program from the National University of Singapore. Currently, An Associate Director for Issuing-Prepaid Business, Closed Loop , Sales, India at Pine Labs. My previous roles include Business Head at HungerBox and ShaadiSaga, Ex-City Head for Delhi/NCR & North at HungerBox, Head of Strategic Alliances & New Business with NDTV, and Manager of Key Accounts & Strategic Alliances at Paytm and Little App. Possessing extensive experience in building startups from scratch, leading teams, and managing P&L. My expertise includes strategic alliances, merchant acquisition, restaurant expansion, food costing, BTL , everything food & foodtech, and fintech. Additionally, as a Marketing Manager at Zostel, Campaign Lead at Microsoft, and Founder of BookingArena.com, raised Rs. half a million in seed funding, expanded the team from 4 to 20 in 18 months, and achieved a merchant base of 100+ with 3,000 daily visitors and an overall GMV of 2 million INR. Also founded a one-of-a-kind multi-brand internet food company, "Gaon," and scaled it to over 500 crore in revenue with five outlets in NCR and over 500,000 orders.
AI stack
anthropic apis
claude
elevenlabs
gemini
grok
openai
Work experience
founder at Gaon, Nov 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 11 mos, Delhi, India
Associate Director, Issuing- Prepaid Business, Closed Loop,Sales at Pine Labs, Jul 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr, Delhi, India
AVP - Supply & Revenue at HungerBox, Dec 2021 - Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos
Business Head at ShaadiSaga, Dec 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr, New Delhi, Delhi, India
City Head- NCR & North at HungerBox, Oct 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos, New Delhi Area, India
National Account Manager at Paytm, Mar 2015 - Mar 2018 · 3 y, Gurgaon
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Delhi School of Business
Economics Executive Programme, International Business, National University of Singapore
