Pranay Desai

Pranay Desai is a Partner and Managing Director at the venture capital firm Z47, formerly Matrix Partners India, based in India. Before transitioning to venture capital, he spent seven years at the Nasdaq-listed software company Freshworks, serving in leadership positions including Director of Growth Marketing and Chief of Staff. During his tenure from 2014 to 2021, he helped scale the organization's annual revenue from $5 million to $350 million prior to its initial public offering. Recently promoted alongside executives Aakash Kumar and Sudipto Sannigrahi, he co-manages investments from a $525 million India-focused fund. His portfolio involvement includes early stage to Series B enterprise software ventures such as Moengage, Rocketlane, and Superops, operating within a broader firm portfolio featuring unicorns like Razorpay. Desai primarily focuses on identifying global B2B SaaS investments and advising founders on go-to-market strategy.