Clarity for the decisions that shape growth.

We help founders and growth teams make clearer, evidence-backed decisions about their market, product and growth, grounded in real customer insight, not guesswork.

Experience across
  • Unacademy
  • Sony R&D Japan
  • 3one4 Capital
  • Veefin
  • Motilal Oswal
  • Perfios
  • IIT Bombay
01 / CAPABILITIES
What we help answer

Strategy built around the decision in front of you.

The scope changes by company. The work usually starts with one of three questions.

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Where should we play?

Choose the market, segment or geography with the clearest right to win.

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Market landscapeSize, structure, competitors and whitespace.
Segment priorityWhich customer groups deserve focus first.
Entry choiceWhere to enter, how to sequence and what to defer.
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What should we build?

Translate real customer needs into a sharper product and offer.

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Customer discoveryInterviews, surveys and behavioral evidence.
PMF diagnosisJobs, pain points, triggers and willingness to pay.
Product priorityUse cases, roadmap choices and offer design.
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How should we grow?

Turn the product into a clearer route to demand, revenue and repeatability.

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Positioning and pricingSharper value proposition and pricing logic.
GTM motionChannels, sales motion, partnerships and launch.
Growth evidenceFunnel, retention and metrics that matter.
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02 / APPROACH
How the work moves

Evidence first. Recommendation second.

A compact process designed to move from an open question to a decision you can act on.

01 / Frame

Get precise about the question before doing the research.

We align on the decision, assumptions, constraints and the evidence that would genuinely change the answer.

02 / Evidence

Build the evidence around customers, market and economics.

We combine structured secondary research with customer or stakeholder conversations where the decision needs primary evidence.

03 / Choices

Compare the options instead of falling in love with one.

The strongest choices are tested against demand, feasibility, economics and strategic fit so trade-offs become visible.

04 / Recommendation

Turn the evidence into a decision the team can use.

The final output is concise: what the evidence says, what we recommend, what not to do and what should happen next.

03 / WAYS TO WORK
Focused engagements

Work sized to the question, not a standard package.

Start with the decision. We shape the research and output around what needs to be resolved.

PMF + GTM

Find the right customer and route to market.

Customer evidence, ICP, positioning, pricing and launch choices.

Discuss scope →
Market discovery

Test a market before committing to it.

Market map, competitor view, buyer evidence and entry recommendation.

Share the question →
Product strategy

Turn customer insight into product priorities.

Use cases, willingness to pay, roadmap choices and offer design.

Pressure-test the product →
Strategic advisory

Keep a thinking partner close to the team.

Ongoing support on market, product, pricing and growth decisions.

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Sample work

See how the thinking is structured.

Request a private one-page sample covering customer discovery, market mapping, ICP prioritisation, product choices and GTM planning.

04 / FOUNDERS
Who you work with

Strategy stays close to the people doing the work.

Two complementary lenses: market and growth on one side, technology and systems on the other.

Mridul Mantri, Co-founder of Stratex

Mridul Mantri

Co-founder · Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

Market, product, growth and finance. Mridul focuses on turning customer and market evidence into commercial decisions.

UnacademyProduct and GTM strategy.
3one4 CapitalStartup and investment analysis.
VeefinTrade finance workflows.
Motilal OswalB2B product and advisor workflows.
PrayogtvishaMarket mapping, pricing and GTM.
PerfiosFinancial analytics and risk workflows.
Khushi Taxak, Co-founder of Stratex

Khushi Taxak

Co-founder · Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

Technology, systems and product diligence. Khushi brings a technical lens when strategy depends on how the product or system actually works.

Sony R&D JapanComputer vision research and live inference feasibility.
AUV-IITB / MatsyaR&D leadership across autonomy, localization and system integration.
TIH FoundationUUV autonomy and sonar-led obstacle avoidance.
IIT Bombay Placement TeamRecruiter operations across sectors.
TrinetraProduct discovery with fleet operators.
Inter-IIT Tech MeetFault-tolerant quadrotor control, silver medal.
Start with the question

Have a decision you want to pressure-test?

Send the context, the question and the timing. We can start there.