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Sumit Parekar

Business Strategist || Ex-Shark Tank India Advisor || Start-up Valuations || IIM Alumnus || Guest Speaker ||

Hyderabad

4+ years of work experience

Payswiff Technologies Private Limited
Feb 20251 y 8 moPresent

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Very Much Indian
Sep 20231 yr 5 mosJan 2025

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Business Strategy: • Designed multi-channel sales funnels, opening 2 new revenue streams, leading 20% incremental topline revenue in Year-1 • Led 2 Strategic B2B partnerships, defined economics & GTM Alignment anticipating an incremental ₹5 Cr ARR by Year 2 • Delivered an incremental ROAS of 1.5X, by rebuilding AI-Assisted Google & Meta Performance funnels with the PM team • Designed the brand’s 0→100 Cr growth roadmap by strategizing offline expansion & omnichannel scaling Fund Raising: • Successfully Raised Seed funding, leading investor outreach, negotiations, & managing discussions through diligence • Directed fundraising workstream, integrating narrative design, financial projections & MIS structuring for Due Diligence
Fox Capital
Aug 20232 mosSep 2023

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

• Advised 15+ early-stage startups on funding requirements, capital allocation, and investor readiness, contributing to successful raises totaling ~$18M across supported companies. • Built strategic partnership frameworks, enabling founders to secure 5–7 ecosystem alliances across fintech, SaaS, and consumer-tech sectors. • Led end-to-end startup analytics, investor segmentation, and outreach, improving investor conversion probabilities by 20–30%. • Reviewed and strengthened pitch decks, financial models, and valuation assessments, enhancing clarity of business narratives and financial robustness. • Designed and customized investment opportunities for 8+ fund houses, ensuring thesis alignment and differentiated positioning. • Successfully exited the initiative after achieving its intended strategic objectives, followed by structured dissolution.
Payswiff
Sep 20221 yrAug 2023

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Achieved PAR < 3%, by embedding risk-led decisioning & portfolio monitoring, outperforming industry benchmarks • Optimized the Lending value chain and collection workflows, leading to improved collection efficiency by 5% • Trained & enabled Sales and Product teams on credit assessment frameworks, improving lead quality & portfolio health • Designed and executed the Upselling strategies, driving 7% incremental conversions of within Two Quarters

Sumit’s AI Stack

openai
openai
perplexity
perplexity
Fireflies.ai
Fireflies.ai
Gamma
Gamma
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot

Education

Indian Institute of Management Rohtak

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General

Indian Institute of Management Rohtak

20193 yrs2022

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Headline

Business Strategist || Ex-Shark Tank India Advisor || Start-up Valuations || IIM Alumnus || Guest Speaker ||

About

A Witty Business Strategist translating ambiguity into execution, partnerships into scale, and complex business problems into measurable outcomes. Experienced across Board-rooms, Product War-rooms, and everything in between. I can be reached out at - sumit.parekar29@gmail.com

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

openai

perplexity

Fireflies.ai

Gamma

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Business Strategy and Planning at Payswiff Technologies Private Limited, Feb 2025 - Present · 1 y 8 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Head of Strategy at Very Much Indian, Sep 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Business Strategy: • Designed multi-channel sales funnels, opening 2 new revenue streams, leading 20% incremental topline revenue in Year-1 • Led 2 Strategic B2B partnerships, defined economics & GTM Alignment anticipating an incremental ₹5 Cr ARR by Year 2 • Delivered an incremental ROAS of 1.5X, by rebuilding AI-Assisted Google & Meta Performance funnels with the PM team • Designed the brand’s 0→100 Cr growth roadmap by strategizing offline expansion & omnichannel scaling Fund Raising: • Successfully Raised Seed funding, leading investor outreach, negotiations, & managing discussions through diligence • Directed fundraising workstream, integrating narrative design, financial projections & MIS structuring for Due Diligence

Founding Partner at Fox Capital, Aug 2023 - Sep 2023 · 2 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, • Advised 15+ early-stage startups on funding requirements, capital allocation, and investor readiness, contributing to successful raises totaling ~$18M across supported companies. • Built strategic partnership frameworks, enabling founders to secure 5–7 ecosystem alliances across fintech, SaaS, and consumer-tech sectors. • Led end-to-end startup analytics, investor segmentation, and outreach, improving investor conversion probabilities by 20–30%. • Reviewed and strengthened pitch decks, financial models, and valuation assessments, enhancing clarity of business narratives and financial robustness. • Designed and customized investment opportunities for 8+ fund houses, ensuring thesis alignment and differentiated positioning. • Successfully exited the initiative after achieving its intended strategic objectives, followed by structured dissolution.

Product Strategist at Payswiff, Sep 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, • Achieved PAR < 3%, by embedding risk-led decisioning & portfolio monitoring, outperforming industry benchmarks • Optimized the Lending value chain and collection workflows, leading to improved collection efficiency by 5% • Trained & enabled Sales and Product teams on credit assessment frameworks, improving lead quality & portfolio health • Designed and executed the Upselling strategies, driving 7% incremental conversions of within Two Quarters

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak