Anshul Khandelwal
Co-Founder at Cent (a health tech company focused on early disease detection)
About
I'm Anshul Khandelwal, Co-Founder at Cent, a health tech company focused on early disease detection. My career has spanned from engineering to marketing and revenue leadership at companies like Ola Electric and UpGrad, where I've scaled businesses and built brands, and now I'm channeling that experience into solving critical healthcare challenges. I'm deeply passionate about leveraging AI for societal good, particularly in preventing late-stage disease diagnoses, and I believe in the power of intellectual honesty and India's potential to export its wisdom globally. I offer strategic advice to startups and enjoy connecting with others who care about health innovation, leadership, and meaningful technological progress.
Networking
What I can offer
- ›Strategic and operating advice for startups, particularly in scaling business strategy, GTM, revenue, and marketing
- ›Shares deep reflections and frameworks on leadership, technology, and culture based on 15+ years of experience in high-growth Indian startups
Looking for
- ›Connections with people working on or passionate about early disease detection and preventive health
- ›Engages with thinkers on AI, Indian culture, and leadership
- ›Open to hearing personal health stories and collaborations
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Current Interests
Background
Career
Started as Associate Engineering at GlobalLogic, moved through marketing and revenue leadership roles at BlueStone.com, UpGrad.com, LBB - Little Black Book, Foodpanda, OLA Foods, Ola, and Ola Electric, then became Strategic Operating Advisor advising startups, and is now Co-Founder at Cent
Education
B.E. in Computer Science from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (2003-2007), MBA in Marketing from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode (2009-2011), MBA Exchange Program at Università Bocconi (2010)
Achievements
- ›At Ola Electric, contributed to the company achieving over 50% market share in India's electric two-wheeler segment and supported its journey to becoming a publicly listed company within 3.5 years
- ›At Ola Foods, built a portfolio of 7 food brands and grew the flagship brand, Khichdi Experiment, from 0 to ~$10M in revenue within 6 months
- ›At UpGrad, as Head of Marketing, scaled revenue from 0 to $15M in 1 year
- ›At Cent, initial full-body scans of 1500 healthy people revealed 4% had a critical condition and 25% had a major finding
Opinions
- The next decade of entrepreneurship will belong to builders and technologists, not operators
- In a post-AI world, the market for feeling productive and purposeful will be bigger than the market for actual productivity
- Early detection is a tragically underfunded and overlooked solution to preventing deaths from diseases like cancer and heart conditions
- Advocates fiercely for 'Intellectual Honesty' – a dispassionate commitment to seeing reality as it is, which he relates to the Indian philosophical concept of 'Satya' (alignment with what is)
- Believes India must and can develop a new playbook to export its culture and wisdom as modern, usable frameworks, not just as preserved heritage or nostalgia
- Reflects that AI's removal of friction from life and work might be 'dangerous,' as friction (effort, struggle) is what creates attention, engagement, and meaning