Praneeta Pakalapati

Venture Research

2023 - Current

Venture Support

2023

> Dealflow Analytics: Scrutinize inbound and outbound dealflow and analyse their adherence to our Investment thesis > Market research: Conducted in-depth research on Article 9 impact methodologies and screened Hardware ClimateTech startups > Content strategy: Crafted press releases and developed compelling content to articulate Climentum's investment thesis.

Innovation Consultant

2022

> Market Research for Volta Circle Ventures: Helped the team to understand the Asian EV market in the light of an investment opportunity > Fundraising and GTM Advisory for Optimo: Closely working with the CXOs at Optimo to build a Fundraising and GTM strategy > Research Associate at Patentplus: Building the Patent and Research organisations database for PatentPlus offering Innovation scouting as a Service > Fundraising Associate at ZebraCat: Working directly with the founder to raise the Seed fund

Visiting Investment Associate

2022 - 2022

> Portfolio support: Heavy lifting fundraising (Financial statements, Pitch decks, Cap Tables, Investor intros) with Cohort 1, 2022 > Dealflow screening: Expedited the sourcing and assessment of 200+ investment opportunities in early-stage startups in ClimateTech, DeepTech and FinTech for Cohort 2, 2022

Venture Capital Analyst

2021 - 2021

> Dealflow UK+EU: Evaluated 1000+ B2B SaaS startups sourced through events, network, inbound and outbound dealflow > Due diligence: Technical and commercial due diligence on 20+ SaaS, Industry 4.0, AdTech, RegTech, FinTech startups > Portfolio support: KPI reports for benchmarking portfolio startups + miscellaneous portfolio support

Private Equity and Real Estate Analyst

2020 - 2021

> Financial modelling: Leveraged modelling to conduct financial due diligence and risk profiling for 30+ VC and PE fund targets. > PE Fund Administration: Overlooked accounting, NAV calculation, capital calls, investor communications of 30+ funds.

Private Equity Research Analyst

2020 - 2020

> Content creation: Team of 8 publishing 3 detailed Private Equity reports each week for a 25k+ subscriber base

Corporate financial analyst

2019 - 2019

> Cost and ROI analysis: Leveraged data across 140 subsidiaries to identify strategic opportunities from ROI & costing analyses > Budget preparation: Assisted in Budget 2020 process, generated supporting reports by analysing macroeconomics of ~20 countries > CSR Impact: Conducted analysis and approached subsidiaries to identify and commit to CSR targets, 2019

Business Analyst

2017 - 2018

> Data proficiency: Leveraged data analytics to identify 11% cost reduction initiatives for VER (B2B, Entertainment & Logistics) > Market Research: Analyzed competitor studies to determine price sensitivity and developed optimal pricing strategies that resulted in an 8% sales increase for Jamba Juice in the USA.

Managing head

2017 - 2017

> Turnaround: Driven the team from immobility to achieving highest sales(25KL) in the region by restructuring credit+loyalty schemes > Innovation: Automated the process of feeding stocks using excel trained to collect data directly from pump, resulting in ~0% error