Where does Deepak Dhanak work?

Deepak Dhanak is Founder of ROCKET.

Where did Deepak Dhanak go to school?

Deepak Dhanak studied at Harvard Business School (Business Administration and Management, General); Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Management Development Program, Communication Strategies for Leaders); Harvard Business School (Executive Education, Corporate Restructuring and M&A).

Deepak Dhanak

Founder

Founder at ROCKET

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Deepak Dhanak is Co-Founder and COO at Rocket, an AI-native platform for building products. Over a career spanning more than 30 years and 15+ markets, he has worked at PwC, EXL, Star TV / 21st Century Fox, BrowserStack, CleverTap, and DocuX.ai, contributing to the growth of two companies that reached unicorn status. He has raised over $200M and led more than 15 M&A projects.

Founder at ROCKET

Intro paths

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In turn, Deepak can intro founders to ROCKET's investors below.

ROCKET's investors · 3

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks India QuotientBengaluru · $481K – $32M checks Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks

Co-founders at ROCKET

Vishal ViraniFounder

Experience

RocketCo-Founder and COOcurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, CA
RocketAdvisor2022 — 2025Mumbai
Indigenesis ConsultingBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentIndia, Singapore, USA, UAE
Harvard Business SchoolGMP Ambassadorcurrent2019 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
DocuXCo-Founder & CEO2019 — 2025India
CleverTapGlobal Chief Financial Officer & Head Legal +++2019 — 2022Mumbai (India), San Francisco (USA), Amsterdam (NL), Singapore, Dubai (UAE)
TestMu AIAdvisor2019 — 2022Mumbai
BrowserStackGlobal Chief Financial Officer +++2016 — 2019Mumbai (India), San Francisco (USA), Dublin (Ireland)
Star TVEVP - Finance, Head of Tax - India & Asia2014 — 2016Mumbai (India), Hong Kong, New York (USA)
EXLSVP - Finance2009 — 2014Noida (India), Manila (Philippines), New York (USA),
PwCSr Manager - Tax & Regulatory2005 — 2009New Delhi (India), Mumbai (India)
Deepak Dhanak & AssociatesPartner1996 — 2005Jamnagar (India)

Skills & more

Management31Strategy19Leadership2Fundraising8Growth Hacking6Entrepreneurship7Transfer Pricing22International Tax57US GAAP15Treasury3Acquisition Integration5Due Diligence47

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RestructuringM&AFinancial StructuringSales & MarketingProduct DevelopmentProcess re-engineeringBusiness Process Re-engineeringBusiness ValuationCorporate FinanceFinanceInternal ControlsMergers

Languages English, Hindi, Gujarati

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Deepak Dhanak?: Deepak Dhanak is Co-Founder and COO at Rocket, an AI-native platform for building products. Over a career spanning more than 30 years and 15+ markets, he has worked at PwC, EXL, Star TV / 21st Century Fox, BrowserStack, CleverTap, and DocuX.ai, contributing to the growth of two companies that reached unicorn status. He has raised over $200M and led more than 15 M&A projects.
Where does Deepak Dhanak work?: Deepak Dhanak is Founder of ROCKET.
What companies did Deepak Dhanak found?: Deepak Dhanak founded ROCKET.
Where did Deepak Dhanak go to school?: Deepak Dhanak studied at Harvard Business School (Business Administration and Management, General); Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Management Development Program, Communication Strategies for Leaders); Harvard Business School (Executive Education, Corporate Restructuring and M&A).

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