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.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerFintechSaaS
Experience
- Z47Venture Partner2026Bengaluru
- Z47Managing Director2021 — 2026Bangalore, San Francisco
- GreyLabs AIInvestor2024 — 2026
- SiftHubInvestor2023 — 2026
- Murf AIInvestor2022 — 2026
- AtomicworkInvestor2022 — 2026
- 100msInvestor2022 — 2026
- MoEngageInvestor2021 — 2026
- Toddle - Your Teaching PartnerInvestor2021 — 2026
- RocketlaneInvestor2021 — 2026
- FreshworksDirector, Growth2018 — 2021
- FreshworksCEO's office2014 — 2017Chennai Area, India
- Bharat Heavy Electricals LimitedDesign Engineer, Transformer Division2009 — 2012Bhopal Area, India
Skills & more
Project Management33Engineering27Analytics12Business Development14Management Consulting6Product Development9Project Planning8Financial Analysis1Market Research1CRM8Customer Relationship Management (CRM)6Business Analysis2
+5 more
Business StrategyTeam ManagementStrategyLeadershipManagementLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi
From Pranay's professional profile.
Colleagues at Z47
Anish Patil
Vice President at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
Avnish Bajaj
Founder and Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
Dana Stalder
Partner at Matrix Partners
Patrick Malatack
Partner at Z47
Rajinder Balaraman
Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
Tarun Davda
Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)
.png)
Trinika Kaushik
Consumer at DeVC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pranay Desai?
- 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.
- Where does Pranay Desai work?
- Pranay Desai is Venture Partner at Z47.
- What does Pranay Desai invest in?
- Pranay Desai invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Direct to Consumer, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where did Pranay Desai go to school?
- Pranay Desai studied at Indian School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance); Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Mechanical Engineering).
Founder mafias
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati mafia19
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Saurabh NangiaBTechFounded Datamonk +1Kamal GuptaB.TechFounded Omnistrate +1Prashanth SwaminathanBachelor of Technology (BTech)Founded ZynkVikul GoyalBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded BimaplanPriyam SaraswatBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded VooshHana MohanBachelor's degreeFounded MagicBell
+ 12 more
Indian School of Business mafia15
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ravi JainMBAFounded Genylabs +1Akhil SuhagMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Rehook.ai +1Shub BhattacharyaMBAFounded FoundamentalNikhil AgarwalMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Park+Atma KrishnaPGP (MBA)Founded LotusPayAbhishek AyyagariMBA Exchange ProgramFounded yBANQ
+ 8 more
MoEngage mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Toddle mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
100Ms mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Indian School of Business84
Neeraj AroraAll things business at WhatsApp; formerly M&A lead at Google for Local, Social and MobileKshitij 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
-3.jpg)
+ 78 more
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati24
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
+ 18 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Z4718
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
+ 12 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 Freshworks17
Girish MathruboothamFounder of Freshworks; co-founder of Together FundShihab 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 Capital
+ 11 more
