Manav Garg

Together Fund · Bengaluru

Built Eka Software into a global enterprise platform from Bengaluru, now backs Indian GTM teams through Together Fund

Why they're worth your time

Eka sold six and seven figure enterprise contracts to commodity traders in Geneva and Singapore out of Bengaluru, so his material covers the hard version of Indian GTM: long cycles, on the ground presence, and hiring your first senior seller in a market you do not live in. He is also unusually direct about how long co-founder and first leadership hires take to get right.

Background

Manav Garg founded Eka Software, an enterprise platform for commodity trading, procurement and supply chain, and ran it for around two decades until it was acquired by the private equity firm STG. He is now co-founder and Managing Partner at Together Fund, an India based venture firm for software and AI founders, and has invested in and mentored dozens of startups. He is a founding member of SaaSBoomi and appears regularly on India startup podcasts.

Known for

Enterprise sales GTM hiring ICP Partnerships

Where they're public

Their own channels. Read the work first.

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