Pradeep Prabhu Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

A Global Investment Banking Company which offers a range of products and services, that are razor sharp focused on providing top value to innovative and fast growth companies. Our Vision is to change the world by enabling Founders with the tools, processes, & resources that are required to create innovative products/services/business model and acceleration of their companies through mentorship & venture capital funding. Our Vision is to deliver top return on investment (ROI) and top value to our Investors.FatFox™ Investment offers pragmatic startup consulting services including startup acceleration, business model innovation, venture capital fundraising, business plans, pitch decks, and immigration visas to startups worldwide. With a track record of successful execution, FatFox™ is well known for its top quality service, reliability, top value for money, and 5-star ratings/recommendations from its clients.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

BVint provides Advanced Independent Valuations and Risk Models worldwide to private equities, family offices, investors, entrepreneurs, managers, and to accounting and legal firms. We identify and measure both external and internal risk-value drivers using @Risk Palisade (Monte Carlo Simulations with Real Option Pricing Models) and advanced probabilistic analysis. Our focus allows us to be independent and also to be specialized in the analysis of a business from every angle: Industry, markets, strategy, technology, operations, and macro economic environments.Responsibilities include:1. Managing a team of analysts on a range of advanced valuation projects. 2. Interacting with clients and relationship management.3. Creating innovative business models.4. Performing in-depth market research of global industries.5. Developing advanced financial valuations for the purpose of venture capital funding.6. Advanced research of venture capital & private equity markets. 7. Designing beautiful and intuitive presentation decks. 8. Business development and marketing. 9. Client & partner presentations.10. Developing strategic partnerships.

New York, United States

Working with the Founders & Board Members of Blue Horizon International to setup & expand their stem cell clinics across multiple countries in Europe, North America, & Asia and raise funds through EuroNeXt Paris Initial Public Offering (IPO). As part of this work:- Developed comprehensive business plans and marketing strategy. - Designed beautiful presentation decks- Developed a comprehensive global business plan to expand BHI's operations outside the United States of America (USA).- Developed a comprehensive marketing strategy for the Company's new & innovative cosmetics brand: AlphaBlu Skincare based in Monaco. - Performed in-depth market research & competitor analysis.- Developed complex financial models, financial statements, & financial valuations (including Discounted Cashflows) for the EuroNeXt IPO.

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the business development activities involving innovative Startups in Europe, UK, & USA. - Deep analysis of venture capital & private equity industries, company research, latest trends, & economic data. - Executed email campaigns.

London, England, United Kingdom

Worked as an Independent Contractor responsible for developing comprehensive UK startup/innovator visa business plans & related immigration plans.As part of the work:- Developed comprehensive business plans specifically targeted for fundraising & UK visa approvals.- In-depth market research of multiple industry sectors in UK & Europe.- Developed complex financial models, financial statements, & financial valuations. - Designed beautiful & concise pitch decks.- Assisted startup Founders with business acceleration through business plan & strategy updates throughout their acceleration cycles.

London, England, United Kingdom

Assisting banks, financial institutions, and FinTech startups to develop comprehensive business plans and presentation decks for venture capital fundraising & global expansion.

Bengaluru Area, India

● Co-founded, Fashion Chain - a creative & innovative group which solves the challenges faced by fashion & luxury industries. The group offers e-Commerce, fashion services, luxury product sourcing, investment consulting, creative content creation, & personal branding for premium fashion designers & luxury brands in UK, Europe, USA, & India. ● Introduced top notch fashion professionals such as make-up artists, stylists, fashion designers, image consultants, luxury brands, & celebrities to Fashion Mentor - an innovative fashion platform based in Rome, Italy. ● Organized creative Business-to-Business (B2B) events such as haute couture fashion shows, brand activations, & conferences and Business-to-consumer (B2C) events such as workshops & cooking classes in Bangalore, London, & New York City. ● Developed business partnerships with popular event suppliers, celebrities, venues, PR agencies, media, magazines, & influencers to allow for seamless execution of events in Bangalore, London, & New York City.● Performed thorough market research of the target markets & customer segments which resulted in a highly effective content strategy for each event. Created the actual contents for the marketing campaigns & ticket promotions. ● Continuously innovated the business model with better value propositions compared to competitors.● Participated & attended events in Bangalore & London and developed partnerships with the respective city’s cultural ecosystem. ● Received excellent reviews from customers & business partners for the top notch event services.

- Managing the website, social media accounts, & communications of International Model - Ingrida Ilgine (http://ingridaofficial.com)

Bengaluru Area, India

● Matrix Aha (London, UK) - This role involved in-depth & comprehensive market research of the worldwide beauty & cosmetics retailer/distributor network to understand the major suppliers of beauty products to mid-market & luxury customers. This also involved comparison & analysis of the retail pricing of beauty products. ● Developed pitch-decks, term sheets, financial models, business models, strategy plans, market research plans, & business plans for companies of all sizes (Government/Corporates/Mid-Size/Small/Startups).● Celebrities & Fashion Designers (Worldwide) - Worked with Celebrities & Fashion Designers to design presentation decks, marketing materials, sponsorship decks, & events.● Haute Couture Fashion Show (London, UK) - Performed market research & developed a pragmatic sponsorship deck for London based haute couture designer - Rochelle Melbourne for her brands - Forever Devine & Pretty Golden luxury collections. ● Joorney Business Plans (Florida, USA) - Developed comprehensive immigration (VC/E2/Grant/Loan/LMIA etc.,) business plans for clients in the United States and Canada. ● NYC BlockAsia Conference (New York, USA) - Developed a strategy plan for a large scale Blockchain Conference in New York City which was a unique concept that combined finance & fashion. ● Small Business Pool LLC (Delaware, USA) - Performed market research & designed Investor funding pitch-decks for startups. ● London Fashion Week (London, UK) - Developed business proposals for planning the Fall 2018 London Fashion Week ● Most of these projects involved in-depth multi-sector/country market research, SWOT analysis, project management, team work, 5-year financial forecasting, & virtual/remote meetings. All the projects were successfully executed & clients have achieved their target goals.

The Smart Investing Podcast

● Hosting this unique investing podcast with Investment Banking leaders around the world to discuss about smart investing products, services, tips, & tricks.

Vancouver, Washington, United States

- Working as an Independent Contractor responsible for developing comprehensive business/market research/financial plans, product roadmaps, personas, business model innovation, & presentation decks.

Rome, Latium, Italy

●Introducing Fashion Celebrities, Professionals, Personal Shoppers, Image Consultants, Fashion Designers, Luxury Brands, & Stylists to partner with this platform.●Presented the Company's business model and services to fashion professionals & helped them with the on-boarding process.●Assisted Celebrity Designers & Luxury Brands with branding, article submissions, & banner publications on Fashion Mentor's platform & CelebreMagazine - a popular luxury magazine (http://celebremagazine.world).●Extensive digital marketing campaigns through Linkedin & email to generate prospective leads.

London, England, United Kingdom

● Assisting (Ultra) High Net Individuals (HNI) & Celebrities primarily from fashion, luxury, entertainment, investment banking, & other creative industries around the world to invest in UK based direct trade programmes, cryptoassets, & high yield fixed income bonds.● Performed thorough market research of the target markets & customer segments which resulted in a highly effective content strategy. Created the actual contents for the marketing campaigns. ● Extensive digital marketing campaigns which include: (v)blogs, social media/email marketing,& podcasts to generate prospective leads. ● Founder & host of the Smart Investing Podcast - targeted towards professional Investors & HNIs.

London, United Kingdom

● Developed a marketing plan to expand the creative services of Visual Conductor to London city. This involved extensive market research, competitive analysis of UK market, customer segmentation, & cross cultural business transformations. ● Performed extensive email marketing campaigns targeting fashion & luxury clients including some of the most prominent PR firms. ● Attended fashion & luxury events in London and developed partnerships with event suppliers & PR firms.

New Delhi Area, India

Blackberry is a leading manufacturer and retailer of formal wear collections based in India. ● Helped the marketing division of the company to write creative fashion blogs, list items, and product catalogues.

Paris Area, France

Innocent Touch is a luxury fashion brand founded by celebrity designer Linda Benallal. They have offices in UAE, Marrakech, & Paris. ● Created beautiful event design and venue layout for a charity fundraiser Red Carpet Fashion Show in Marrakech to fight cancer. Target audience were celebrities, representatives from the cancer foundation in Morocco, and Government officials. ● Prepared sponsorship decks to raise money from prospective companies. Applied Business Model Canvas to identify the target sponsor tiers & value propositions to them. The sponsorship model ensured maximum ROI to the stakeholders.

Belgium,Bengaluru

● Lead the local chapters of Startup Pirates (Porto), Rockstart Answers (Amsterdam), & Cafe Numerique (Belgium) to accelerate the growth of startups in Bangalore. Formed a team in Bangalore to accelerate promising startups & organize events. ● Worked closely with the global headquarter teams to ensure that the chapter specific milestones are achieved on time, project specific expectations are clearly communicated to the team members, & chapter specific standards are evolved inline with the global frameworks. ● Mentored the startups to innovate their business models, pitch decks, communication & presentation skills.● Assisted the startups with Venture Capital fundraising & global acceleration opportunities through demo days, & events. ● Recognized by these accelerators for successful execution, business model innovation, team coordination, & leadership skills.

New York City, Bengaluru

● Lead the Startup Digest Bangalore chapter to develop the brand in the city. Played an instrumental role in increasing the community memberships by marketing the digest through social media, email, & partnerships with local event planners. ● Administered the Startup Digest portal & sent weekly newsletters to the community with the latest happenings in local startups. ● This role involved extensive content search, filtering, & prioritization to align with Startup Digest’s content format.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

● Lead the local chapters of Startup Pirates (Porto), Rockstart Answers (Amsterdam), & Cafe Numerique (Belgium) to accelerate the growth of startups in Bangalore. Formed a team in Bangalore to accelerate promising startups & organize events. Assisted the startups with Venture Capital fundraising & global acceleration opportunities through demo days, & events.● Identified target customer segments, ticket pricing, sponsorship pricing, & budgeting for every event. ● Created the event specific contents & executed successful social media & email marketing campaigns.● Developed partnerships with the local ecosystem consisting of mentors, industry leaders, venture capital firms, investors, & venues. ● Configured the ticketing platforms & digital marketing tools for every event.● Extensive marketing campaigns to promote the chapter’s brand. Campaigns included in-person as well as social media marketing. ● Recognized by these accelerators for successful event execution, & chapter leadership.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Founded Startup Wizardry - a large meetup group (2000+ members) which organized events on customer acquisition, lean analytics, pricing, lean startup, business model/lean canvas, venture capital fundraising, venture capital term sheets, & more. ● Configured & administered Meetup & Eventbrite platforms for communicating the group’s agenda & events to the members. ● Extensive social media, email, & newsletter campaigns to the community members. ● Recognized by IPL, Startup Weekend, & Raffles Fashion Design Institute for Business Model Innovation leadership.

Vienna,Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Paris

● Participated in the jury panel for selecting top ten promising startups out of a hundreds of applications. This involved extensive analysis of each applicant’s business model, financial models, and pitch decks followed by in-person demo sessions. ● Mentored NUMA’s startup batch to innovate their business models by applying Lean Startup Methodology & field work execution.● NUMA’s acceleration targets were successfully achieved & most of the startups raised funds from top local/global Investors.

Porto,Bengaluru

● Lead the local chapters of Startup Pirates (Porto), Rockstart Answers (Amsterdam), & Cafe Numerique (Belgium) to accelerate the growth of startups in Bangalore. Formed a team in Bangalore to accelerate promising startups & organize events. ● Worked closely with the global headquarter teams to ensure that the chapter specific milestones are achieved on time, project specific expectations are clearly communicated to the team members, & chapter specific standards are evolved inline with the global frameworks. ● Mentored the startups to innovate their business models, pitch decks, communication & presentation skills.● Assisted the startups with Venture Capital fundraising & global acceleration opportunities through demo days, & events. ● Recognized by these accelerators for successful execution, business model innovation, team coordination, & leadership skills.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Wrote blogs highlighting Plutora’s innovative DevOps products along with unique features, product reviews, & peer comparisons.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Influenced top leaders in the community by publishing several research grade articles related to IT Management and organizational Change Management.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Performed market research using customer data provided by Zoomcar to identify strategic growth opportunities in Bangalore.

Washington Dc

● Worked with the Chief Information Officers (CIO) at the department of Food Safety and Information Services (FSIS) on a $3.5 million project to upgrade their legacy IT Infrastructure processes. Developed highly effective Business plans, which outlined the end to end milestones and implementation strategy.● Estimated the costs and budget for the entire project. Co-ordinated with many department heads to execute the plan across the organization. Costs were reduced and the ROI was maximized

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

● Organized conferences, trade shows, workshops, guided tours, festivals, carnivals, business summits, and other types of events. ● Managed the event’s budget & project coordination activities. ● Developed comprehensive marketing plans identifying the scope for events in the Washington DC metro area. The plans also included detailed competitive analysis, customer segmentation, & marketing/sponsorship strategy.● Developed partnerships with event suppliers in Washington DC.

Gaithersburg, Md

● Streamlined the IT Infrastructure processes for Washington/Maine/Dakota State’s Medicaid Management Information System (WA/SD/M MMIS). Configured and released the IT Infrastructure.

Bangalore, India

● Administered software application servers for an educational institute in India.

Bangalore, India

Master'S Degree, Management Of Information Systems (Mis)/Computer Science, 3.4

Earned degrees from the Watson School of Engineering and School of Management (SOM)

Nano-Degree Industry Certification, Investments And Securities

- Bonds - Stock Trading - Candlesticks - Technical trading - Advanced Microsoft Excel - Business Contracts - Investment Banking - Private.

Nono-Degree Industry Certification, International Marketing

- Practical Sales - Event Sponsorship Sales - Linkedin - Facebook Ads - Instagram - Twitter - Website SEO - HTML5 & CSS6 - Javascript.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science, First Class With Distinction