Amit Gupta

Growth Advisory | Business Transformation | Thought Leadership

New Delhi, Delhi, India

About

Amit has over 28 years of multi-geographic multi-sectoral, brick and mortar entrepreneurial (at the age of 19), startup founding, operating, investing and advisory experience. Expertise Areas: Sales, GTM, Strategic Alliances, Product, Ideation, Growth Strategy, Business Transformation, Transaction Advisory (Sell Side), Venture Capital, Deeptech Innovations & Thought Leadership. Since 2014, he has been involved with the Startup & VC ecosystem at large having scaled up many ventures by multi folds and exiting them โ€“ in capacities of a founder, operator & now advisor. A management graduate from Univ of North London, he has grown up in, lived, and worked across geographies from Western Europe, N America, Africa to Asia. An all-out Peoples Person, Minimalist & Spiritualist by choice, he is an Avid Traveler, Gourmet Foodie, and a Compulsive Reader and Writer at large. Always willing to take up speaking engagements & debate on meaningful, diverse & thought-provoking issues by sharing experiences and storytelling. A critical analyst by nature. #Payitforward is a daily life mantra. He's currently a General Partner at a Boutique Growth Advisory cum Management Consulting Company, Factoryal, and is actively engaged in scaling the practice to new heights by constant engagement with all players in the innovation ecosystem at large, esp. growth-stage startups (10-100 journey), corporate/technology innovation hubs, accelerators and venture capital investors. Growth stage entrepreneurs facing scaling-up and funding challenges can reach out: ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜(๐—ฎ๐˜)๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น.๐—ถ๐—ป At Factoryal, we work with exceptional founders & companies who exemplify the true spirit of entrepreneurship, don't get swayed by media narratives or irrationally chase that unicorn dream & incessant funding - If it happens, it's a by-product of the work done. *๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป ~๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ) ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด - ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป $๐Ÿญ๐—บ๐—ป & ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. Reach out over DM or email.

Experience

  • Consultant/Venture Builder/Angel Investor at Various Companies
    Jan 2018 - May 2025 ยท 7 yrs 5 mos

    โ€ข Independent Consultant & Mentor โ€ข Partner at Company/Venture builder responsible for shortlisting ideas to incubate into early stage companies. Responsible for GTM, Launch & B2B alliances. Company pivoted into advisory services across central Asia. Worked closely with Investment bankers, VCโ€™s and tech founders across the industry. โ€ข Interim CEO for various incubee early stage b2c companies, Fixofast.com, Bullnbar.com, buxaah.com, firstmomsclub etc. Set up and recruited early teams from Tech to leadership. Some were sold as product - bought out or merged into other larger parent invested startups. โ€ข Sales /Strategic Advisor for HR SaaS Startup: Established sales team and led various deals with top blue chip clients for growing HR Saas company. โ€ข Marketing consultant/advisor to Live Event Industry working on major national and international music festivals in areas of revenue generation, partnerships, strategic alliances. Closed several Million $ deals. Liaised with Market leader, a Multi Bn US listed company to set up operations in India

  • Director - Practice Growth at Factoryal
    Oct 2022 - Feb 2025 ยท 2 yrs 5 mos

    Growth Advisory, Deep Consulting, Venture Investments Our mission is to be the 'Growth Catalyst' for 100 companies on the path to min. topline 100 cr+ (~$15mn) revenues by 2027, igniting success for ambitious companies through hands-on engagement across all business functions. We are also ecosystem enablers across the Deeptech domain, at large. Reach out ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜(๐—ฎ๐˜)๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น.๐—ถ๐—ป *๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป ~๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ) ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด - ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป $๐Ÿญ๐—บ๐—ป & ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.

  • Founder at The N Company
    Mar 2021 - Sep 2022 ยท 1 yr 7 mos

    The N Company was a growth enabler platform for early stage and innovative Start-ups offering them a suite of services from product validation to growth advisory and funding support through our deep involvement with the entire ecosystem. Merged into a larger entity with wider expertise, factoryal.in .

  • All things Business at MergerDomo
    2020 - Feb 2021 ยท 1 yr 2 mos

    www.mergerdomo.com An Online Global Corporate Deal Sourcing & Consulting marketplace. Spearheaded the Overall Group Strategy, Marketing, Sales and everything in between.

  • Co-Founder at EXPERT GLOBAL E- COMMERCE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED (Goeventz.com)
    Dec 2015 - Aug 2017 ยท 1 yr 9 mos

    Global Business Head-Consulting assignment โ€ข Responsible for setting up new b2c event e-commerce site โ€ข Recruited & led Led a team of over 50 โ€ข Partnered with exclusive B2B clients and catapulted the new startup to high growth areas. โ€ข Left the team to pursue various simultaneous consulting assignments in venture building.