Lakshmi Meethale Valappil

At Bhanzu, I led growth-funnel optimisation to achieve an all-time monthly revenue record and increase conversion-driven revenue by 10%. I also launched three GTM initiatives that added $150K–$200K in incremental monthly revenue.

I scaled student outreach 3x across the US, ANZ, EU, India, and GCC through partnerships. I built sales-call insights automation that eliminated approximately 600 monthly manual audit hours and gave marketing and sales teams actionable data for messaging, pitches, and placement.

Previously at StepChange, I built a financed-emissions product that enabled assessment of more than $1.2T in banking assets and supported deployments across Indian PSU banks and AU Small Finance Bank. I secured PCAF accreditation for StepChange as its first Global South partner and led climate-risk, financed-emissions, ESG, and carbon-neutrality work for banking and enterprise clients.

I'm also a founder: I grew Bani Weaves, an artisan-sourced saree boutique, to $2–2.5K in monthly revenue while building ethical procurement relationships with 20+ weaving clusters. My academic work combines mathematics, data science, finance, and climate-conscious investing.