Aug 2025 — Dec 2025
Marsera India
Founder & MD
5 citiesCustomers in under two months
Started as a side project and found paying customers across five cities inside two months — no team, no budget, just outreach that worked.
GTM OperatorBengaluru
This is Dhruv Mahadik
01 — Who I Am
The Closer
I'm eighteen. I dropped out of a management degree I was attending on a full scholarship, because the interesting problems were outside the classroom. Military family, so the discipline came standard, and four languages came with it — I'll switch mid-sentence if that's what the customer needs.
What I actually do is find the person, start the conversation, understand the inefficiency, and get the deal done. The market changes. That part doesn't.
- Based
- Bengaluru
- Age
- 18
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam
- Studying
- BBA, IIM Bangalore
02 — Ventures
Built It Myself
Steam Engine
Chief Everything Officer
₹1L+Monthly revenue
Parked a momo truck outside the college I’d just dropped out of and ran every part of it — menu, supply, staff, queue. Scaled past ₹1 lakh a month until a construction project took the spot and I shut it down.
03 — Work
Paid To Sell
Aug 2026 — Sep 2026
Login Realty
Growth, Corporate Real Estate
Bengaluru
Closed a commercial deal in my first 15 days. Still get inbound queries from that desk.
May 2026
Inc42 Media
Operations Intern
Bengaluru
1 of 20 interns chosen from 1600+ applicants. Ran floor ops for India's largest AI Summit.
Apr 2026 — Jul 2026
LvlUp Ventures
VC in Residence
New York (Remote)
Carried the firm's name into Bangalore founder circles and lifted inbound interest.
Nov 2025 — Feb 2026
Flowmingo AI
GTM & Strategy
Ho Chi Minh City (Remote)
Signed a Big 4 accounting firm as a client in month one. Part-time role, enterprise outcome.
Plus a venture scout program with a New York fund, and automation and BD for a small consultancy. Useful reps, not headlines.
04 — Credentials
- IIMB
- BBA, part-time
- Rank 2
- TAPMI, institute-wide
- 100%
- Tuition scholarship
- 95+
- 10th & 12th, science
Took the scholarship, ranked second in the institute, then left to build. The degree at IIMB runs alongside the work.
05 — The Music
Stage Name Mach 1
I write, record, mix and perform Hindi/Urdu rap. Breaking Coffins is the debut mixtape, made with my rap partner Krish Kumar.
Start at the last track — Destiny (Freestyle). It's the one I'd play first.
Oh, and —
I also acted in a short film
Still Here is an experimental short about James, who sits down for an interview and finds the questions blurring the line between reality and memory. It's a good one. Worth the watch.
- Written & directed
- Sahil Wahab
- Music
- Joseph Alphons
- Cinematography
- Alex Johnson
- Starring
- Georgie Michael, Dhruv Mahadik, Sahil Wahab
07 — What I'm After
Let's Do Business
Open to
- GTM & sales roles
- Venture capital
- Defence tech
- Early-stage founders