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Ashwin Lohar, MBA

Venture Capital | Ex-Amazon | Strategy | MBA | Investment & Strategy Analyst | MENA Markets | Naropa Fellow

Doha

4+ years of work experience

Grishin Robotics
May 20265 mosPresent

London Area, United Kingdom

Seranai
Mar 20262 mosApr 2026

Remote

Maison Polymath
Jan 20264 mosApr 2026

London Area, United Kingdom

Advising portfolio companies across UK, Middle East, and US markets on fundraising strategy, investor positioning, and valuation modelling for pre-seed through Series A rounds. Conducting commercial due diligence and financial analysis, including DCF, scenario modelling, and sensitivity analysis, to evaluate investment opportunities in fintech and HR tech sectors.
Break Into VC™
Oct 20254 mosJan 2026

London Area, United Kingdom

Harsil
Apr 20257 mosOct 2025

London Area, United Kingdom

At Harsil, I lead finance, fundraising, and strategic planning. We're solving a massive gap in the hiring ecosystem: Countless job opportunities are buried in government sites, company documents, and unstructured formats — completely missed by conventional job boards. With our AI + GIS-powered platform, we're bringing structure to unstructured job data, helping millions of job seekers access careers they never knew existed. As CFO, I focus on investor relations, capital efficiency, and sustainable scale. We’re currently raising our pre-seed round in London (SEIS/EIS approved) to accelerate our product rollout and growth. Let's connect if you’re an investor, a hiring partner, or just passionate about democratizing access to jobs.
Amazon
Jan 20222 y 6 moJul 2024

Bangalore

Ashwin’s AI Stack

claude
claude
deepmind
deepmind
elevenlabs
elevenlabs
gemini
gemini
kimi
kimi
manus
manus

Education

University of Greenwich

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

University of Greenwich

Masters in entrepreneurship and leadership, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

The Naropa Fellowship

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Headline

Venture Capital | Ex-Amazon | Strategy | MBA | Investment & Strategy Analyst | MENA Markets | Naropa Fellow

About

MBA | Strategy & Finance | Ex-Amazon, founder, VC Scout, CFO Currently a member of Break into VC, which is India's largest VC network. I’m an MBA candidate (Jan 2026 completion) with experience across high-paced operational problem-solving, technology-driven scale, and startup leadership. My career spans from being a mathematics teacher to leading 50+ staff at Kamikala to streamline production bottlenecks and increase output through lean workflow design. As CFO of Harsil, a job-search tech venture, I lead fundraising strategy, financial modelling, and GTM execution. This exposure to growth-stage decision-making shaped my interest in private equity and consulting, especially at the intersection of tech, operational improvement, and emerging markets. I’m passionate about working with high-potential companies — analysing business models, identifying scalability levers, optimising financial strategy, and supporting founders through disciplined growth. Long term, I aim to work in strategy or investment roles that combine analytical rigour with execution ownership. Areas of focus: • Tech & digital marketplaces • Early-stage evaluation & GTM strategy • Financial modelling & portfolio value creation • Process optimisation, scaling & ops efficiency • Data-driven decision-making & problem solving What I bring: ✔ Experience leading teams of 30–50+ across ops + process improvement ✔ Startup finance + cash-flow management + pitch deck development ✔ Strong quantitative and analytical capability (MBA + real execution exposure) ✔ Stakeholder communication, structured thinking, and results delivery If you’re building, investing, or solving problems in tech, operations, or growth strategy — I’d love to connect.

Location

Doha

AI stack

claude

deepmind

elevenlabs

gemini

kimi

manus

Work experience

Venture Capital Scout at Grishin Robotics, May 2026 - Present · 5 mos, London Area, United Kingdom

AI Intern ( Growth and Stratgey) at Seranai, Mar 2026 - Apr 2026 · 2 mos, Remote

Strategy Intern( Finance ) at Maison Polymath, Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 · 4 mos, London Area, United Kingdom, Advising portfolio companies across UK, Middle East, and US markets on fundraising strategy, investor positioning, and valuation modelling for pre-seed through Series A rounds. Conducting commercial due diligence and financial analysis, including DCF, scenario modelling, and sensitivity analysis, to evaluate investment opportunities in fintech and HR tech sectors.

Member ( Venture Capital) at Break Into VC™, Oct 2025 - Jan 2026 · 4 mos, London Area, United Kingdom

Chief Financial Officer at Harsil, Apr 2025 - Oct 2025 · 7 mos, London Area, United Kingdom, At Harsil, I lead finance, fundraising, and strategic planning. We're solving a massive gap in the hiring ecosystem: Countless job opportunities are buried in government sites, company documents, and unstructured formats — completely missed by conventional job boards. With our AI + GIS-powered platform, we're bringing structure to unstructured job data, helping millions of job seekers access careers they never knew existed. As CFO, I focus on investor relations, capital efficiency, and sustainable scale. We’re currently raising our pre-seed round in London (SEIS/EIS approved) to accelerate our product rollout and growth. Let's connect if you’re an investor, a hiring partner, or just passionate about democratizing access to jobs.

Senior Associate at Amazon, Jan 2022 - Jul 2024 · 2 y 6 mo, Bangalore

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, University of Greenwich

Masters in entrepreneurship and leadership, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, The Naropa Fellowship