Former Tesla India director Prashanth Menon joins Venttup as strategic advisor

KOCHI: Venttup has appointed Prashanth R. Menon, former India director at Tesla, as strategic advisor to steer its next phase of growth and global expansion.

Menon brings over two decades of experience across strategy, operations and business transformation. At Tesla, he played a key role in shaping the company’s India entry strategy and building its operations across multiple verticals, while also serving as chairman of the board for Tesla India.

In his new role, he will work closely with Venttup’s leadership team to drive scale-up strategy, strengthen operational efficiency and profitability, and support investor engagement and global market expansion.

Welcoming the appointment, Venttup co-founder and ceo sandeep nair said, “We are excited to welcome Prashanth R. Menon to Venttup. His deep global experience in strategy and transformation, combined with his leadership in scaling global organisations, will help us accelerate our journey towards building a world-class manufacturing startup from India.”

Before his India stint, Menon served as director advisory at Tesla in the US, where he led global teams focused on revenue growth, productivity improvement and cost optimisation. Earlier, he worked with EY, advising senior executives on corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain and operational integration.

Sharing his perspective, Venttup strategic advisor prashanth r. menon said, “I am impressed by the outlook and the energy of the Venttup leadership team, and their vision to build a sustainable and local supply chain to fulfil global needs. Venttup has a promising business model aligned with the Government of India’s Make in India initiative.”

Backing the move, Unicorn India Ventures managing partner bhaskar majumdar said, “A warm welcome to Mr Menon to the Venttup advisory team. His deep industry experience and understanding of global supply chain dynamics will significantly strengthen Venttup’s scale-up strategy and growth journey.”

With this appointment, Venttup is sharpening its focus on building a scalable, globally competitive manufacturing platform, signalling its ambitions to play a larger role in India’s growing deep-tech ecosystem.