Divesh Dhawan
Founder & CEO, Meyrahkee Advisors | Talent Capital Partner to VC-Backed Startups | Advisor @ Eight Roads
- Role
- Venture Partner at Eight Roads
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Divesh Dhawan
Most startups don’t fail because they can’t hire. They fail because they don’t build talent capital deliberately.Hiring is treated as execution. In reality, it’s a strategic system that shapes the company’s trajectory.That’s the problem I work on.Over the last 20+ years, I’ve worked across entrepreneurship, global corporates, and high-growth environments - operating at the intersection of GTM strategy, commercial transformation, and talent building. Today, as the CEO of Meyrahkee Advisors and Venture Partner at Eight Roads, I partner with founders and venture firms to help build teams that can actually scale companies - not just fill roles.What I’ve learned- Talent is not a hiring problem. It’s a sequencing problem- Most founders hire for immediacy, not trajectory- The best companies treat talent as a compounding asset, not a function- Early org design decisions have outsized long-term impactMost founders don’t need more candidates. They need better clarity.Selected outcomes- Partnered with 250+ startups across India & global markets- Closed 200+ critical leadership and mid-senior hires across functions- Supported companies from Seed to multi-stage scale journeys- Helped build teams that contributed to: 4× ARR growth in scaling startups 95% retention of key hires- Designed org structures and hiring roadmaps that reduced mis-hires and improved founder clarityBefore building Meyrahkee, I spent time as a global operator at Diageo, working on commercial transformation across APAC & Africa, driving large-scale programs across data, performance management, and decision systems.Earlier, I led sales and client engagement across Asia at The Smart Cube (now part of WNS) and Evalueserve, building and scaling enterprise relationships in a high-growth, quota-driven environment.That combination - operator + builder + advisor - shapes how I work with founders today.
Experience
Venture Partner
Jan 2024 — Present
Supporting portfolio companies on talent strategy and key hires.Acting as a thought partner to founders during critical build phases.
Education
Jamia Millia Islamia
B.Tech (Electrical)
2002 — 2006
Google Digital Unlock Certification
The Online Marketing Fundamentals
2018 — 2018
Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management
Executive Masters, Infrastructure Management
2010 — 2011
Skills
- Qualitative Research
- Management
- Market Research
- Business Development
- Financial Analysis
- Customer Engagement
- Sourcing
- Team Management
- Business Strategy
- Project Planning
- Client Engagement
- Strategic Planning
- Strategy
- Private Equity
- Portfolio Management
- Competitive Analysis
- Leadership
- Business Analysis
- Energy
- Analysis
- Training
- New Business Development
- Negotiation
- Market Analysis
- Analytical Skills
- Recruiting
- Consulting
- Crm
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