Shannath Kumar

Investment Associate

2024 - Current

Investment Analyst

2023 - 2024

Stride Ventures is a venture debt fund with over $600M deployed across Asia. With presence in India, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, and London, Stride Ventures supports high-growth companies across diverse sectors. Portfolio Companies: Bluestone, Curefoods, Udaan, Slice, Newme, Sweet Karam Coffee, Drinkprime, Proactive for Her, Koskii, Supertails

Summer Intern

2022 - 2022

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow. Founded in Singapore in 2017, Antler is on a mission to fundamentally improve the world by enabling and investing in the world's most exceptional people building the defining companies of tomorrow. Antler has already invested in and helped build over 400 companies since launch. Are you building or scaling your startup? Please apply at https://www.antler.co/india and we'll get in touch soon! If you have any queries, feel free to reach out to me at shannath.kumar@antler.co

Event Head

2022 - 2022

• Spearheaded and administered Anthropos Kapital: the only HR, PR & Crises Management Event; part of Asia’s largest UG management fest, Business Conclave'22. • Conceptualized, designed and executed 4+ comprehensive rounds garnering 1100+ registrations across India. • Associated and collaborated with leading firms such as Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Licious, Institute of Managemnet Accountants(IMA) etc.

Associate

2021 - 2022

• 1 of 10 Associates from a pool of 150+ applicants from 13 colleges pan-India with mentors from BCG, Bain & Co., Lightspeed, BII & the likes • Worked with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, provided recommendation papers to reach a $10T GDP economy by the year 2030

Intern

2021 - 2021

• Identified 8 commodities (accounting for ~61% of the total imports in 2019-20) and chalked out an Import Substitution Plan; proposed to build domestic competencies and drafted long-term actionables • Assessed infrastructural gaps between status quo and desired targets; forecasted the future investment which will impact 2M+ youths of Northeast India

Research Associate

2021 - 2021

ASAR is a student-led organisation aimed at democratising knowledge and resources. It is an initiative to create a network of students, professors and industry leaders which will facilitate student research and strengthen the base for research in India. • Authored an analytical report on ‘Mortgage Industry during Covid 19’; analyzing the past and new trends emerged during pandemic

Junior Executive Member

2021 - 2021

CDF is a national-level NPO fostering the spirit of social entrepreneurship to empower the underprivileged • Selected out of 600+ applicants to work on social entrepreneurship models in the domains of education, hygiene, floral waste management, art & culture • Partnered with BYJUs to provide 100+ underprivileged kids in the age group of 6 to 15 with complete access to their content for 3+ subjects • Raised a sum of Rs. 35,00,000, to fund the set-up of the oxygen plant, through CSR donations, philanthropic contribution and individual grants

Member

2021 - 2021

• Successfully conducted financial literacy sessions to factory workers which created awareness in the lives of 200+ workers. • Successfully conducted multiple financial literacy sessions for college students under project Neev which increased the financial literacy of 100+ students. Core Team Member, Fingenuity, • Fingenuity is an engrossing competition on how to make money work for you using different financial strategies. • Actively involved in the ideation, conceptualisation, and structured multiple rounds of the competition, which witnessed 480+ participants from premium colleges and B-Schools

Team Member

2021 - 2021

Core Member

2021 - 2021