Praneeta Pakalapati
Venture Research at Siemens Energy
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Overview
Work Experience
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