Pragya Saxena

Joined Kalaari as one of the 3 core team members who worked with Vani Kola to launch the Kstart seed fund, Kalaari's flagship initiative

• Evaluated ~300 applications from seed stage companies across sectors such as Healthcare, Data Analytics, e-commerce etc.
• Conducted diligence on companies selected to IC and executed end-to-end transaction for Freespeech
• Led marketing initiatives at Kstart until Jul 2016 which included successful execution of Kstart launch event, publication of sector & trend reports, planning content strategy for Kstart’s social media marketing channels, end-to-end management of ecosystem events conducted by Kstart
• Worked with highly distinguished business leaders as part of the Kstart Catalysts program & designed and executed Portfolio-Catalyst interactions

Promoted to Sr. Business Analyst within 4 months of joining

• Worked closely with the CEO to conduct market analysis on healthcare companies in several countries specially India and China to support Practo’s growth strategy
• Analysed customer generated data from multiple product offerings to support the Product Management function
• Prepared monthly MIS reports and data reports for board decks & investor decks
• Automated KPI dashboard generation and analysis using R and Excel