Divya Shah | Profound

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Divya's stories span non-dilutive grant applications, defense feasibility research, and investor-facing market analysis.

Divya Shah

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Structuring Research Into Decisions

Divya takes ambiguous briefs and produces structured outputs that give decision-makers a clear path forward. The capability is not just research depth; it is the ability to frame findings so the answer is obvious. This pattern appeared at NewSpace, where she turned a month of global competitive research into a three-part feasibility framework the CEO used to approve an Indian Armed Forces program. It appeared again at PAVE Space, where she structured a grant application around competitive differentiation, market fit, and unit economics, winning nearly CHF 1 million in non-dilutive funding. Her method is to start with the decision that needs to be made, work backward to the questions that must be answered, and build the research structure around those questions. The output is always decision-ready, not just informative. The distinguishing signal is that her findings have consistently been accepted and acted on by CEOs and senior stakeholders, not just filed away.

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Translating Technical Work Into Business Cases

Divya moves between engineering depth and commercial framing without losing fidelity in either direction. She can read a technical spec and produce a business case, or read a policy document and translate it into product requirements. At PAVE Space, she worked directly with engineers to understand the propulsion unit's specifications, then translated that into a grant application structured around competitive differentiation and market demand. When the engineering team defaulted to a product-only frame, she reoriented the conversation toward the business case the grant required. At NewSpace, she translated Indian Armed Forces procurement requirements into a feasibility assessment the CEO could use to make a go/no-go call. At PAVE Space again, she read European defense policy papers and mapped them to OTV product specifications, producing a TAM analysis used in investor pitches. The pattern is consistent: she sits at the boundary between technical and commercial, and produces outputs that work on both sides.

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Building Investor-Facing Market Analysis

Divya produces market and financial analysis built for investor consumption, not just internal use. She understands that the output needs to move conviction, not just inform. At PAVE Space, she ran a European defense market research project that expanded the OTV's TAM narrative, and the analysis was used directly in investor pitches that contributed to a significant fundraise. At CleverConnect, she built a financial model that identified multi-million euro savings and collaborated with C-suite on investor presentations. Her approach combines primary research, policy analysis, and financial modeling into a single coherent output. She does not hand off the investor framing to someone else; she builds it into the analysis from the start. This edge is emerging: two strong contexts exist and the pattern is consistent, but the depth of dedicated investor-facing work will grow as she moves into a research or investment role.

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Divya Shah

Career Stories

PAVE Space Grant: Securing CHF 1M in Non-Dilutive Funding

At PAVE Space SA as Founder's Associate

2025 - 2026

PAVE Space: Mapping the European Defense Market for the OTV

At PAVE Space SA as Founder's Associate

2025 - 2026

CleverConnect: Financial Model That Identified Multi-Million Euro Savings

At CleverConnect as Financial Analyst

2023 - 2024

NewSpace Research: Feasibility Study for a Hybrid Drone Program

At NewSpace Research and Technologies as Design Engineer II

2018 - 2021

NewSpace Research: Building the UAV Supply Chain Map

At NewSpace Research and Technologies as Design Engineer II

2018 - 2021

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