“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

— George Carlin

Now

At Greenjoules since May 2026. Second Founders' Office in two years.

Learning the shape of a new company from the inside — again. Different sector, similar posture: figure out what's needed, find a way to be useful.

Outside of the day job, I'm trying to meet more people and build a few things — some with AI, some without. If you're up to something interesting, send me a note.

The arc

Consulting → startup. The short version.

Three roles, one thread: understand how things actually work.

The vantage keeps changing. The curiosity doesn't.

Chapter 01 · From the inside

EY India

Business Consulting · Risk · 2021

Risk consulting is, broadly, the work of walking into a company and finding what could go wrong — mapping processes, testing controls, closing the gap between what a business says it does and what it actually does. My first real look inside real organisations, and a quick education in how much of business is quietly held together.

Chapter 02 · From the outside

Avendus Capital

Institutional Equities · Equity Research · 2022–24

Avendus is one of India's leading investment banks. I was on the Institutional Equities desk — in equity research, part of the strategy team.

Chapter 03 · Still being built

Astor Technologies

Founders' Office · 2024 – 2026

From reading about companies to helping build one. Product scoping, investor conversations, customer trials — the whole surface area. Also the first time I'd had to sit with real uncertainty for months at a stretch. It suited me.

Off the page

Not on the CV.

  • 2020

    Helped raise a bit of funds through the first COVID wave for people who needed it more than we did.

  • Ongoing

    Writing on Medium — sporadically, honestly.

  • Always

    Listening to classic rock from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Billy Joel, all-time favourite.

  • Now

    Learning thermocracking chemistry and Hindi.

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© 2026 · Varun Krishna Ravi · Made with intent, in Chennai