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Vivek Raju

Vivek Raju

Summer Intern (Investment Banking Division)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Helping founders at Series A/B/C stage build a compelling investor/sales narrative

  • Education

    • Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School

      2009 - 2011
      Class XI-XII Mathematics, Accountancy, Economics, C++ Class XII: 97%

      Activities and Societies: Quizzing, Dance, Dramatics (Acting & Script-writing) , Sketching, Poetry

    • Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School

      2006 - 2009
      Class I -X Class X: 95.8%

      Activities and Societies: Quizzing, Dance, Dramatics (Acting & Script-writing), Sketching, Poetry

    • Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

      2011 - 2014
      Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) (Hons.) Accounting and Finance CGPA: 8.10/10

      Activities and Societies: Quizzing, Dance, Dramatics (Acting & Script-writing), Sketching, Music - Trombone (bass support) Awarded Cultural Runner-up Cup, 2013Selected as the House Vice-Captain, 2014

    • Emlyon business school

      2015 - 2015
      MBA - Exchange Term

    • Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

      2014 - 2016
      MBA

      Activities and Societies: Dance, Quizzing, Graphic Design

  • Experience

    • Goldman Sachs

      Apr 2015 - May 2015
      Summer Intern (Investment Banking Division)

    • Goldman Sachs

      May 2016 - Sept 2017
      Investment Banking Analyst

    • Unacademy

      Sept 2017 - Oct 2017
      Assistant Growth & Strategy Manager (Temp)

    • Deck Rooster

      Nov 2017 - now
      Narrative Strategist

      Deck Rooster helps the best founders in the country frame their company's proposition in a compelling way to important stakeholders - be it an investor, customer or partner. We help bridge the gap between the business's reality and the investor/customer's perception and concerns.✅ We've worked with 200+ startups across 30 sectors over 8 years✅ Our clients are backed by Blume, Tiger, Accel, Sequoia, YCombinator and the likes✅ We are specifically focused on growth stage startups, ie, Series A/B/C Show less

    • Simplanations

      May 2020 - now
      Long-form Writing

      Simplanations is a blog-cum-newsletter that explains (or 'simplains') the inner workings of business and tech in simple words. We have currently paused this to focus on other projects.✅ It goes out to 10,000+ subscribers✅ We had ~2,000+ views daily (when we were active)

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vivek Raju
      Winner, Hybrid category, Think Tank Retail Award 2016 Published by GDOWEEK, an International Marketing Journal Jan 2017 Designed a new concept for a retail apparel store combining the social, mobile and physical dimensions for the European market. Called "SmartFashion", it is a retail store integrated with a mobile app to give the customer the experience of shopping in a physical store but with the convenience of shopping online.Link: http://www.gdoweek.it/thinktank/smart-fashion-per-una-experience-condivisa/PS: Do check out the promotional video at the bottom of the article to understand… Show more Designed a new concept for a retail apparel store combining the social, mobile and physical dimensions for the European market. Called "SmartFashion", it is a retail store integrated with a mobile app to give the customer the experience of shopping in a physical store but with the convenience of shopping online.Link: http://www.gdoweek.it/thinktank/smart-fashion-per-una-experience-condivisa/PS: Do check out the promotional video at the bottom of the article to understand SmartFashion better Show less
    • Awarded to Vivek Raju
      Top 10, Tata Crucible Quiz - Prelims, Bangalore Edition TATA Group Mar 2016 Finished among the Top 10 out of 170+ teams and reached the Knockout round in the finals of the Bangalore Edition.
    • Awarded to Vivek Raju
      3rd, Economic Times Campus Quiz The Times Group Feb 2016
    • Awarded to Vivek Raju
      2nd, Shell Poster Challenge Shell Lubricants Aug 2015 The topic for the poster was 'Future Scenario for Bangalore City: A Sustainable Blueprint to Counter Mobility Challenges' vis-a-vis future of energy and the imminent mobility changes & challenges
    • Awarded to Vivek Raju
      Winner, Wipro Earthian Sustainability Quiz Wipro Jul 2015

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Village Service/Gram Seva (Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning) on Oct 2006
      Village Service/Gram Seva (Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning)Associated with Vivek Raju