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Pranay Desai

Investor

Venture Partner at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Pranay Desai uses seven years at Freshworks scaling revenue from $5M to $350M to deliver hands-on GTM and brand-first playbooks to India-based SaaS founders, including advising against .ai domains.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. Z47Venture Partner2026Bengaluru
  2. Z47Managing Director2021 — 2026Bangalore, San Francisco
  3. GreyLabs AIInvestor2024 — 2026
  4. SiftHubInvestor2023 — 2026
  5. Murf AIInvestor2022 — 2026
  6. AtomicworkInvestor2022 — 2026
  7. 100msInvestor2022 — 2026
  8. MoEngageInvestor2021 — 2026
  9. Toddle - Your Teaching PartnerInvestor2021 — 2026
  10. RocketlaneInvestor2021 — 2026
  11. FreshworksDirector, Growth2018 — 2021
  12. FreshworksCEO's office2014 — 2017Chennai Area, India
  13. Bharat Heavy Electricals LimitedDesign Engineer, Transformer Division2009 — 2012Bhopal Area, India

Education

  1. Indian School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Finance2013 — 2014
  2. Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiBachelor of Technology (BTech), Mechanical Engineering2005 — 2009

Skills & more

Project Management33Engineering27Analytics12Business Development14Management Consulting6Product Development9Project Planning8Financial Analysis1Market Research1CRM8Customer Relationship Management (CRM)6Business Analysis2
+5 moreBusiness StrategyTeam ManagementStrategyLeadershipManagement

Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi

From Pranay's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Indian School of Business67

Neeraj AroraCEO India, MENA & Managing Director at General CatalystKshitij GolwalkarInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesSeemant JauhariPartner, Healthcare at Jungle VenturesDeepak RathiSenior Associate, India at Jungle VenturesBabu VittalPeople & HR Practice Leader at RTP GlobalMANPREET SINGHAdvisor at growX Ventures

+ 61 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati10

Sahil SharmaTech Venture Partner at Gemba Capital Venture PartnersPrashanth SwaminathanVenture Partner at Woodstock FundSaloni VermaAssociate at Info Edge VenturesRishabh BardiaInvestor at Premji InvestPoorvi VijayPrincipal at Elevation CapitalVikul GoyalAssociate at Bessemer Venture Partners

+ 4 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Z4717

Avnish BajajFounder and Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)Tarun DavdaManaging Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)Rajinder BalaramanManaging Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)Anish PatilVice President at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)Gourav BhattacharyaManaging Director at Tenacity VenturesDivyanshi ChowdharyInvestment Professional at DeVC

+ 11 more

Also worked at Toddle - Your Teaching Partner5

Deborah QuazzoManaging Partner at GSV VenturesElijah MayfieldEntrepreneur in Residence, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science; previously CEO, LightSide Labs at GSV VenturesAnurag RamdasanPartner at 3one4 CapitalSidhant GoyalPrincipal at Crane Venture PartnersVaibhav DomkundwarInvestor at Better Capital

Also worked at Freshworks9

Shihab MuhammedFounder, CEO SurveySparrow at SeafundNishant RaoFounding Partner at Avataar Venture PartnersShekhar KiraniPartner at AccelPriya RamachandranFounding General Partner at Foster VenturesRaja RajeshwariExecutive Vice President & Group Head - Human Resources at Vivriti CapitalGirish MathruboothamCo-founder & Managing Partner at Together Fund

+ 3 more

Also worked at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited3

Parag DholGeneral Partner at Athera Venture PartnersIshan SinhaInvestment Team at Athera Venture PartnersSmit PatoliyaFounder at EthosX

Colleagues at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)

Aakash Kumar
Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
Akshat Jain
Vice President at Z47
Anish Patil
Vice President at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
Ashwin Pandian
Associate Vice President at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
Avnish Bajaj
Founder and Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
Ayush Chamaria
Vice President at Z47
Ben Altshuler
Investor at Z47
Chandrasekhar Venugopal
Principal at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)