About
Gulshan Dhanani is a SaaS operator who previously served as Chief of Staff to the founders and then Head of Revenue Operations at Yellow.ai, working across go-to-market areas including GenAI product monetization, account-health scoring, sales compensation, and international expansion. Earlier, he was a strategy consultant at Deloitte handling healthcare and financial services engagements, and began his career as a software engineer at Citigroup. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a Civil Engineering degree from IIT Roorkee.
Invests in
SaaS
Experience
- Avataar Venture PartnersInvestment Professionalcurrent2024 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Yellow.aiHead, Revenue Strategy and Operations2022 — 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Yellow.aiChief Of Staff2021 — 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Campus FundInvestment Partner2020 — 2023
- Deloitte ConsultingConsultant2020 — 2021Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- ExpertronsGrowth & Product | Founders' Office2020
- Kyt VenturesInvestment Team2020
- Athena CapitalInvestment Banking Intern2020
- Deloitte ConsultingConsultant2019Greater Hyderabad Area
- CitiOperations and Technology Analyst II2017 — 2018Pune, Maharashtra, India
- CitiOperations & Technology Analyst2016 — 2017Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Wipro LimitedAnalyst2015India
Education
- Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadMaster of Business Administration - MBA2018 — 2020
- Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeB.Tech, Civil Engineering2012 — 2016
Skills & more
CommunicationBias for ActionProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsLeadership CommunicationPublic Speaking6Teamwork5English4Business Planning2Operations2Stakeholder RelationsKey Performance Indicators
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Business StrategyStakeholder ManagementInvestingData virtualizationVenture CapitalInvestment AnalysisScenario PlanningProject ManagementObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)Business MetricsExecutive-level CommunicationBusiness ReviewsLanguages Bengali · English · Hindi
- CII-SCMPro (Supply Chain Management Professional) — Confederation of Indian Industry
- Cleared CFA Level 1 Examination (June 2019) — CFA Institute
- Six Sigma Green Belt — Udemy
From Gulshan's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad93
Kulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanPiyush KharbandaGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kanika MayarPartner, Investment & ESG Officer at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Amrit RajPartner & Chief Marketing Officer at Jungle VenturesPranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxHarkesh MittalChairman, Startup India Seed Fund Committee at Seafund
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee31
Anshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergePranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxPramit SinghiAssociate at Titan CapitalShantanu AgarwalAdvisory Board Member at Titanium Innovation InvestmentsSameer NandaInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAbhinav ChaturvediPartner at Accel
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Shared employers
Also worked at Deloitte Consulting1,036
Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures
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Also worked at Citi639
Nina AchadjianInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)RustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesKerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera CapitalTori KorineInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersAnn PauloseSenior Investor Relations Associate at Greycroft
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Also worked at Wipro Limited37
Sumit JoharAdvisor at Clear VenturesVignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra VenturesDipanjan BasuCo-Founder & Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpSiddharth GuptaVP - Finance at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpArpit BeriManaging Partner, India at Jungle VenturesChetan RanaCFO at Titan Capital
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Colleagues at Avataar Venture Partners
Amit Kumar
Head - Finance COE at Avataar Venture Partners
Anirudh Singh
Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
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Arjun Vikas
Director at Avataar Venture Partners
Dinky Sanghvi
VP Finance at Avataar Venture Partners
Ganesh Nayak
Fundraising and Capital Markets at Avataar Venture Partners
George Thangadurai
Operating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
Krish Kupathil
Operating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
Krushi Jain
Associate at Avataar Venture Partners