Darsh Parikh
ClearCompute
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Investment Analyst
- Due diligence for pre-seed to Series A tech startups.
- Led due diligence on early-stage tech startups - including market sizing, LTV/CAC analysis, burn multiples, and competitive analysis - notably supporting a secondary investment into OpenAI at a valuation that has since grown more than 5x.
- Co-developed a Series A narrative for a DEI startup by analysing unit economics, GTM, and competitor positioning - helping align stakeholders and accelerating the fundraise by 2 months.
GTM Lead
9 Months- LBS Accelerator - Top 3% of 330+ applicants. Intelligent infrastructure layer for AI companies running open-source LLMs.
- Ran 10+ customer discovery conversations with technical founders across the LBS and partner accelerator cohorts, converting two into signed letters of intent.
- Built the outbound engine end to end for Series A and later targets: Apollo sourcing, Perplexity deep research per account, Claude for trigger scoring and first-touch drafting, orchestrated in n8n. Currently in trial ahead of first pilot.
Student Consultant
- 10-week consulting engagement for a Y Combinator-backed AML SaaS company ($4.3M seed).
- Led market entry analysis, mapping 11 global competitors and identifying an underserved mid-market fintech segment across 1,100+ regulated institutions in Mexico.
- Analysed regulatory catalysts - including a 2025 law mandating automated transaction monitoring - to assess commercial viability and inform GTM prioritisation.
Founders Associate
1 Year- Early-stage EdTech startup developing a gamified financial literacy app for K-12 students.
- Owned product definition and roadmap from zero across design and engineering, shipping MVP and reaching first pilot customers in under eight months.
- Ran GTM into UK schools running product demos to non-technical buyers to close the first two pilot schools.
Commercial Manager
2 Years- Built and scaled the revenue operations of a founder-led professional speaking business.
- Led both revenue channels, inbound bureau partnerships and direct cold outbound to Fortune 500, growing annual revenue 5x from £65K to £350K in twelve months.
- Added 11 Fortune 500 clients including Mastercard, UBS, Deloitte, Aviva and Google, closing five-figure deals through enterprise procurement and legal.
- Lifted close rates 34% and cut average sales cycle by 2.5 weeks through tighter qualification and A/B tested email and LinkedIn sequences.
Education
Masters - Management
BSc. - Politics and Economics
Skills
GTM stack: Apollo
Clay
SalesHandy
HubSpot
Affinity | Automation: n8n
Zapier
OpenRouter | AI build tools: Claude Code
Codex
Perplexity Sonar Deep Research | Analytics: R
Bloomberg Terminal
Interests
Hobbies: Cricket: LSE CC Executive Committee and 2nd XI Captain. Vinyl Collection: biweekly wine and vinyl pairing nights.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Military Service: Platoon in Charge. Led a platoon of 40+ soldiers through high-pressure field operations across all missions.
- GTM stack: Apollo, Clay, SalesHandy, HubSpot, Affinity | Automation: n8n, Zapier, OpenRouter | AI build tools: Claude Code, Codex, Perplexity Sonar Deep Research | Analytics: R, Bloomberg Terminal
- Hobbies: Cricket: LSE CC Executive Committee and 2nd XI Captain. Vinyl Collection: biweekly wine and vinyl pairing nights.
Awards
Earned the Commander's Coin - an accolade awarded to fewer than 5% of soldiers.
Timeline
GTM Lead
ClearCompute
01.2026 - CurrentRead More
Student Consultant
Flagright
01.2026 - 01.2026Read More
Founders Associate
Flosendo
01.2025 - 01.2026Read More
Commercial Manager
Office of Dhiraj Mukherjee - Shazam Co-founder
01.2023 - 01.2025Read More
London School of Economics and Political Science
BSc. from Politics and Economics
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Investment Analyst
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London Business School
Masters from Management
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