The question comes first

Clarity for the decisions that shape growth.

Stratex helps founders and growth teams make better market, product and go-to-market decisions through customer evidence, structured research and practical analysis.

01

Direct founder involvement. Mridul and Khushi stay close to the work from the first question through the recommendation.

Experience across
  • Unacademy
  • Sony R&D Japan
  • 3one4 Capital
  • Veefin
  • Motilal Oswal
  • Perfios
  • IIT Bombay
01 / CAPABILITIES
What we help answer

Strategy built around the decision in front of you.

The scope changes by company. The work usually starts with one of three questions.

01

Where should we play?

Choose the market, segment or geography with the clearest right to win.

Market landscapeSize, structure, competitors and whitespace.
Segment priorityWhich customer groups deserve focus first.
Entry choiceWhere to enter, how to sequence and what to defer.
02 / APPROACH
How the work moves

Evidence first. Recommendation second.

A compact process designed to move from an open question to a decision you can act on.

01 / Frame
Get precise about the question before doing the research.

We align on the decision, assumptions, constraints and the evidence that would genuinely change the answer.

What is in scope?Decision, context and constraints.
What would change our mind?The evidence threshold is agreed upfront.
03 / WAYS TO WORK
Focused engagements

Work sized to the question, not a standard package.

Start with the decision. We shape the research and output around what needs to be resolved.

PMF + GTM

Find the right customer and route to market.

Customer evidence, ICP, positioning, pricing and launch choices.

Discuss scope
Market discovery

Test a market before committing to it.

Market map, competitor view, buyer evidence and entry recommendation.

Share the question
Product strategy

Turn customer insight into product priorities.

Use cases, willingness to pay, roadmap choices and offer design.

Pressure-test the product
Strategic advisory

Keep a thinking partner close to the team.

Ongoing support on market, product, pricing and growth decisions.

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Sample work

See how the thinking is structured.

Request a private one-page sample covering customer discovery, market mapping, ICP prioritisation, product choices and GTM planning.

04 / FOUNDERS
Who you work with

Strategy stays close to the people doing the work.

Two complementary lenses: market and growth on one side, technology and systems on the other.

Mridul Mantri, Co-founder of Stratex

Mridul Mantri

Co-founder · IIT Bombay

Market, product, growth and finance. Mridul focuses on turning customer and market evidence into commercial decisions.

UnacademyProduct and GTM strategy.
3one4 CapitalStartup and investment analysis.
VeefinTrade finance workflows.
Motilal OswalB2B product and advisor workflows.
PrayogtvishaMarket mapping, pricing and GTM.
PerfiosFinancial analytics and risk workflows.
Khushi Taxak, Co-founder of Stratex

Khushi Taxak

Co-founder · Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

Technology, systems and product diligence. Khushi brings a technical lens when strategy depends on how the product or system actually works.

Sony R&D JapanComputer vision research and live inference feasibility.
AUV-IITB / MatsyaR&D leadership across autonomy, localization and system integration.
TIH FoundationUUV autonomy and sonar-led obstacle avoidance.
IIT Bombay Placement TeamRecruiter operations across sectors.
TrinetraProduct discovery with fleet operators.
Inter-IIT Tech MeetFault-tolerant quadrotor control, silver medal.
Start with the question

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Send the context, the question and the timing. We can start there.