Narendran Sivakumar
InvestorHead of Marketing & Partnerships at Mela Ventures · Investment Manager at Downing Private Equity
Greater Bengaluru Area
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About
Narendran Sivakumar is Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Mela Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups. He has over 10 years of experience across four early-stage startups in the investing, personal finance, and healthcare sectors, working in marketing, communications, operations, and business strategy roles.
Experience
- Mela VenturesHead of Marketing & Partnershipscurrent2025 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- StrataSenior Strategy Manager2023 — 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- StrataMarketing Manager2021 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- StrataDigital Marketing Manager2019 — 2021Greater Bengaluru Area
- MinanceDigital Assets Manager2017 — 2019Bengaluru Area, India
- Narayana HealthSenior Executive Marketing2016 — 2017Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- AnavaraDigital Marketing Executive2015 — 2016Greater Chennai Area
- Kings LearningEnglish Trainer2014 — 2015Greater Chennai Area
Skills & more
Go-to-Market StrategyStrategic PartnershipsProject ManagementBrandingGrowth StrategiesBusiness PlanningDigital Marketing8Social Media Marketing7Content Strategy5Content Management2Business Development1Marketing2
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Facebook MarketingRecruitment AdvertisingSocial MediaBusiness StrategySearch AdvertisingDisplay AdvertisingSEOCorporate BrandingStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingManagementTeam ManagementLanguages English · Tamil
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- Inbound Certification — HubSpot
- Business English Certificate - Higher - Pass A — University of Cambridge
- CELTA — University of Cambridge
From Narendran's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mela Ventures
Ashwath Narayan
Assistant Manager – Finance at Mela Ventures
Grace McGill
Senior Associate at Marlinspike Partners
Johannes Hecker
Investor at Castel Capital
Kalyan Sundar
Head of Finance at Mela Ventures
Krishnakumar Natarajan
Managing Partner at Mela Ventures
Mack Gill
Head of Global Securities Processing at FIS Capital Markets at Mela Ventures
Neetan Chopra
Chief Digital and Information Officer at IndiGo at Mela Ventures
Padmashree Shagrithaya
Executive Vice President & MD – Insights & Data GBL, at Capgemini at Mela Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Narendran Sivakumar?
- Narendran Sivakumar is Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Mela Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups. He has over 10 years of experience across four early-stage startups in the investing, personal finance, and healthcare sectors, working in marketing, communications, operations, and business strategy roles.
- Where does Narendran Sivakumar work?
- Narendran Sivakumar is Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Mela Ventures.
- Where did Narendran Sivakumar go to school?
- Narendran Sivakumar studied at GrowthX®; Panimalar Engineering College (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology); Padhama Sarangapani MHSS (High School, Maths).
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