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Murali Loganathan

Murali Loganathan

Director of Research at PrivateCircle and entrepreneurship researcher

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Joined September 2025
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Summary

Applied-researcher on entrepreneurship and incubation: Murali (Muralidharan) Loganathan completed a PhD at IISc studying the effectiveness of technology-business incubators and has authored peer-reviewed and preprint research on university incubators, dynamic capabilities, and startup outcomes. His academic profile (Google Scholar, ResearchGate) shows multiple articles examining incubation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and technology commercialization. google+2
Private-markets research and industry-facing work: He is the Director of Research at PrivateCircle (founding team), producing market intelligence and guidance for founders and investors (company blog posts, media quotes). This work shows a translation of academic interest in entrepreneurship to practical research supporting fundraising and private-market decisions. wellfound+2
Experienced innovation practitioner with industry and corporate-acceleration experience: Before returning to academia he spent two decades in consulting and IT services (PwC, IBM, MindTree) and ran innovation programs at Target, including managing a corporate accelerator—giving him hands-on experience with corporate strategy, innovation operations, and startup engagement. orcid+1
Educator and community convenor: Murali teaches and mentors (IISc visiting faculty, courses on entrepreneurship), contributes to academic workshops/conferences, and organises community activities (TRIZ India podcasts and workshops), indicating a sustained interest in capacity building and applied teaching for entrepreneurs and innovation practitioners. ac+1

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PrivateCircle blog posts (research/commentary)

January 1, 2023

Industry-facing research and guidance for founders and investors (examples: 'Building your Pitch Deck', 'First vs Follow-on Cheque(s)') authored/co-authored for PrivateCircle's blog.

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Assessing Social Sustainability in the Gig Economy

January 1, 2022

Paper on social sustainability aspects of gig work (SDG8 context) published in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics.

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Resources or Capabilities: A Study of Startup Emergence within Applied Research Universities in India

January 1, 2021

Preprint and research paper analyzing how university resources and organizational processes translate into capabilities that aid startup emergence; case studies of Indian applied research universities.

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Technological outcome achievements by start-ups at university-based incubators: an empirical analysis in the Indian context

January 1, 2021

Peer-reviewed article examining how incubator specialization and university engagement affect startup technology outcomes.

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Active organiser and community-builder in the TRIZ (systematic innovation) community in India. the-trizjournal+1