yash tolani

Funding Expert

Head of Strategic partnerships @ VidVox

About

Experienced Financial Analyst with a demonstrated history of working with startups and multinationals across. Middle east and India. Proficient with making financial modelling, pitch decks, strategic and growth plans for startups. Currently working in the Indian startup ecosystem. Connecting founders to capital. Get in touch if you’d like to talk about fundraising, corporate strategy, growth plans, or cross border acceleration related collaboration.

Skills

Funding

Business

Strategy

Go To Market

Financial Modelling

Experience

Head of Partnerships

VidVox

Methodically work towards creating a deal pipeline for sourcing fundraising/ M&A mandates. Built industry relationships for deal identification and sourcing with universities, incubators, & accelerators. Connecting and developing relationships with foreign bankers and GTM consultants to source deal flow and investors. Organizing first calls with founders to understand their business model and needs. Preparing/ Reviewing the Pitch decks and financial models of clients. Advising an EdTech on the strategy to enter the Middle East. Advising a SaaS-based Travel Tech start-up on Go to Market Strategy. Researching & mapping out the interests of VCs, FOs and HNI for the company’s database. Identifying and reaching out to potential investors/ acquirers on behalf of the start-up. Creating content and managing the company’s LinkedIn profile from January 2022.