Job Description
<div>FC + Business Partner + Fund Raise</div>
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<p style="border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#282828">Company information</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></p>
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<p style="border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#282828">The Sleep Company is a Comfort Tech start-up – 2019, Mumbai - disrupting the industry and revolutionizing the way people “Sleep” and “Sit”. has developed a</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#212121"> patented a “SmartGrid" technology (patent granted in India & Japan), which, unlike memory foam, provides support to “the right parts of the body" without using springs or latex</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#282828">, and the mattress that intelligently adapts to its user's body shape. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#212121">The Sleep Company sells a range of products, including Asia’s 1<sup>st</sup> SmartGRID mattresses, 1<sup>st</sup> SmartGRID pillow, cushions, as well as Smart beds and World’s 1<sup>st</sup> SmartGRID chair. Their products are available both online and offline.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#282828">Founders - </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#212121">Priyanka Salot – IIM Culcatta – Fortune 40under40, Procter and gamble – 8 years</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#212121">Harshil Salot – IIM Culcutta</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">current CFO is there. Her health is not keeping well. 57cr last year. 140-150cr this year. Next year 300cr. 177cr funding received. More than 15-18 months runway.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">Earlier only online. Now omnichannel. March 24-25 experience centers. Currently 11 operations. This month 7 more. 18 by eom. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">CFO skillsets: 1. financial accounting book keeping. Experience of managing big4 auditors. reconcilation. understanding stat. 2. help founders with the right commercial decisions going forward. When they are opening a factory in north, does it make sense or no. What terms to have with vendors. 3. Investor relationships and Fund raising. - Experience of doing that. Working with bankers. working with different CM2 positive. Current Finance team - 9-10ppl.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">Own manufacturing SAP1 for Business </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">Budget upto 1cr. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">Investors have agreed to double down on the next funding. Lot of role to grow. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#282828">Investors like Fireside Ventures and Premji invest and recentl<b>y (Oct’22) closed their series B funding raising 177 cr</b> led by Premji. </span></span></span></span><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#212121">Varun Alagh, co-founder of Mamaearth is a pre-Series A investor. Debt Fund alteria capital – 82 lakh</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="border:none"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#212121">vision to become World’s Best Comfort Tech brand and </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">The recent round of funding will be focused on driving the online brand (today it is the fastest growing mattress brand in India), expanding aggressively the foot-print of offline stores to truly become an Omni-brand and double down on growth in Japan and UK. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:black">The company manufactures its products in a 1,10,000-square-foot facility in Maharashtra and produces 1,20,000 mattresses annually. They will be doubling their manufacturing capacity and will open a second unit. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Research Links</span></span></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/the-sleep-company-raises-177-cr-in-series-b-funding/article66086789.ece"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#0563c1">https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/the-sleep-company-raises-177-cr-in-series-b-funding/article66086789.ece</span></span></span></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/sleep-company-raises-177-cr-11667415425789.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#0563c1">https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/sleep-company-raises-177-cr-11667415425789.html</span></span></span></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-sleep-company"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#0563c1">https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-sleep-company</span></span></span></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://thesleepcompany.in/pages/about-us"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#0563c1">https://thesleepcompany.in/pages/about-us</span></span></span></a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Founders</span></span></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-goyal-salot-3ba9617/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#0563c1">https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-goyal-salot-3ba9617/</span></span></span></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshil-salot-7421a16/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><span style="color:#0563c1">https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshil-salot-7421a16/</span></span></span></a></span></span></p>
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