Varun Jaiswal Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, MH, IN

Media Investments is an early stage VC fund with over $100m AUM. Our prime investment interests are across SaaS, digital media, apps, adtech and other internet businesses globally.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Media.net is the second largest contextual advertising business globally after Google Adsense. Portfolio includes multiple tech offerings which supports publishers, advertisers and end users; Manages ad inventory.
• Growth strategy and roadmap for new internet businesses – drive User Acquisition (UA), monetization and partnerships
• Responsible for end-to-end deal transactions from scouting, due diligence, deal structuring, issuing LOI and definite agreements along with post-acquisition integration strategy
• Created the M&A playbook, processes and capital deployment plan across SaaS, Digital Media, and e-commerce
• Created the deal pipeline by developing relations with analysts, advisors, direct channel partners

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• IQVIA is the largest Healthcare Data Science Company with presence in 100+ countries and market cap of $50.2B+
• Work on the strategic projects, M&A and partnerships opportunities for AMESA markets
• Lead the multi-geography Strategic Alliance between IQVIA and Sanofi Vx business
• Evaluate investment opportunities across the healthcare/pharma value chain
• Work with business teams to develop Offering/solution roadmap

Bengaluru Area, India

• Collabera is $700+ Mn sized portfolio of companies, based out of New Jersey, US with presence in 11 countries.
• Design and implement high-priority cross-functional strategic initiatives for the firm, including transformational initiatives as a part of Corporate Strategy office
• Provide strategic guidance across go-to-market, product development, new market entry and growth strategy for Collabera’s businesses - IT staffing, B2B and B2C education training services, Hire-Train-Deploy and AI.
• Work on identification, assessment, planning and execution of long term growth initiatives across the businesses and in coordination with the LOB leads
• Additional responsibilities include Investment Lead for AMJ Ventures; Create new deal flow and work across the entire deal cycle - sourcing, deal structuring, due diligence, negotiations, and monitoring
• Create Opportunity/Feasibility Assessment, develop investment hypothesis, generate investment leads, support existing investments, own the strategic M&A and partnerships for the firm

India/USA

AMJ Capital is the family office fund of Collabera's Chairman, a $100m diversified fund investing across consumer, consumer-tech, SaaS and cybersecurity companies in India, US markets.o Created Decision Investment framework for AMJ Ventureso Create deal pipeline via bankers, advisors, startup ecosystem and shortlist potential targetso Owned entire deal.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Pricewaterhouse Coopers is a global consulting leader, operates in 150+ countries and provides services to 85%+ Fortune 500 firms Project Highlights:
• Acquisition Deal Funnel: Prepared a market analysis on the emerging digital enabled players in the healthcare industry, across use cases valid for the biotechnology client for M&A
• IT Strategic Sourcing: Supported a major healthcare insurance client across the entire sourcing strategy elements including landscape assessment, RFP process management, vendor evaluation, pricing analysis, contracting.
• Digital New Ventures: Analyzed the market potential for new business initiatives on emerging technology space. Worked across Total Addressable Market (TAM) estimation, sector strategy, value chain analysis, competitor.
• SG&A Cost Benchmarking: Prepared an analysis on the existing indirect costs for a major pharmaceutical client across departments wherein identified overall 15% indirect cost savings opportunities on the organization.
• Location Assessment & Analysis: Identified the parameters applicable for a new city entry for an IT services client. Created the composite scoring of potential locations and created the detailed profiles

Kolkata/Bangalore, India

• Cognizant is a leading IT Consulting player and a Fortune 500 organizationProject Highlights:
• Developed the Go-To-Market Strategy for OrderServ, Cognizant’s Omnichannel Online Food Ordering Solution from Restaurants
• Worked on the product transformation initiatives, and developed the market strategy for the product
• Structured Cognizant’s Airlines Practice Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Strategy
• Analyzed the Airline industry technology spend & identified the focus areas for Cognizant’s BU CAPEX deployment
• Researched on the target companies and developed the revenue forecasts with both acquisition/partnership scenario

Mumbai, India

• PVM is a leading FMCG player and globally one of largest manufacturers and distributors of confectionery and chewing gum
• Benchmarked Perfetti Van Melle’s India GTM Strategy with the FMCG industry, provide recommendations to improve sales and productivity
• Recommended the formation of GTM compliance mechanism at PVMI which was well received by the senior leadership
• Provide recommendations to increase Distributor Salesman (DBSM) productivity & coverage
• Studied the IT Handheld device facilitating sales in the market, provided the Daily Route Coverage Plan mapping
• Received a Pre-Placement Interview (PPI) opportunity for my efforts on the project during the b-school tenure

Kolkata

• Tata Consulting Services is a leading IT Services firm
• Created design flow documents of the customer database for a telecom client
• Involved in user testing post up-gradations & improvements

KIIT Bhubaneswar

• Opera is a Norwegian company that's been in the business of making web browsers and applications since 1994.
• Organized events, workshops & interactive seminars on the changing technology landscape
• Involved in community marketing & outreach programs
• Received a personal recommendation letter from Anna Brandt, Manager, Opera Software, Norway

Pgdm, Strategy, Marketing Majors

• Marketing Team Head, Agon ManFest of IIM Ranchi • Campus Expert Finalist in RPG Business Case Study Challenge • Regional Round Finalists.

B.Tech, Engineering, 8.08 Cgpa

Activities and Societies: Tech Club, Trekking, Music Club, NSS• University Co-ordinator for the Technical Club & the NSS wing • Campus Rep.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Music Club, Debate Club, Quiz Club