Anant Kanoria

Commander
DISC Type : D

Founding Member at Inamo

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Anant Kanoria is a Founding Member at Inamo, specializing in rapid commerce growth and operations. His expertise was developed through leadership roles at Blinkit and Dunzo. He holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering from RV College of Engineering.

He is currently applying his extensive experience in consumer-facing quick commerce to build a new B2B venture from the ground up.

Personality Overview

Decisive

Candid & Clear

Strong-Willed

They like to move fast and expect the same from others.  They respond well to strong and respectful communication. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.

Topics They Care About

Rapid Commerce Growth
His career at Blinkit, Dunzo, and now Inamo has been dedicated to scaling operations and driving growth in the competitive rapid commerce industry.
Operational Excellence
He emphasizes cost optimization and process excellence, hiring talent with experience in inventory management, last-mile logistics, and service-level agreements (SLAs).
Startup Fundraising
As a founding member of Inamo, he recently announced the successful closing of a funding round, indicating his focus on securing capital for scaling the business.

Media Appearances

Anant has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Founding Member at Inamo
11-2023 - 10-2025
Director Growth & Operations at Blinkit
3-2023 - 5-2024
Associate Director at Dunzo
4-2022 - 3-2023
Regional Business Head at Dunzo
4-2020 - 6-2022
Regional Sales Head at Ola

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Indian School of Business
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) from RV College Of Engineering

More Information

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Exp : 11 Location : Pune District, Maharashtra, India Job Level : N/A Designation : Founding Member at Inamo
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Insights For Selling To Anant

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk

DONT's

  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Anant is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Anant

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Anant move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Anant take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Anant

Personality Compatibility


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