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title: "Karan Punjabi - Chief Financial Officer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Karan Punjabi, CFO Exponent Energy | Raised $4Bn+ plus across 7 equity+debt funding rounds| Advisor based in Bengaluru."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/karan-punjabi/share-image"
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# Karan Punjabi on Tal

## Headline

CFO Exponent Energy \| Raised $4Bn\+ plus across 7 equity\+debt funding rounds\| Advisor

## About

Raised $ 4 BN plus across 7 funding rounds in equity\+debt\. CFO stints at e\-comm, EV and Fintech\. Flipkart • Lead the fund raise initiative for $4 billion dollar across 3 rounds\. Managed a team of 20\. • Reduced supply chain cost by 20 Cr by driving efficiencies\. Business Finance head for Fashion, Furniture, FMCG, Home Categories • Headed the IPO preparedness project and instituted process and policies, framework for the readiness for IPO Key achievements at Ather • Raised $24 Million via debt and $50 Million of equity\. • Build the financials model for a platform and a product business • Worked with CEO for form the strategy road map for products and business model Key achievements at Avail • Raised $20 Million via debt and equity • Optimized marketing spends and collection cost by 20% • Built out the product road map for next two quarters basis ROI • Build out key performance metrics for all product lines

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Chief Financial Officer at Exponent Energy, Apr 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SVP Strategy/ Analytics at WOW Skin Science, Jun 2021 \- Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Chief Financial Officer at Avail Finance, Dec 2019 \- Jun 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bangalore

Vice President Finance at Ather Energy, Nov 2017 \- Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chief Financial Officer at Arvind Internet \- A Division of Arvind Limited, Oct 2016 \- Nov 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Bachelor of Commerce \(B\.Com\.\), accountin, bangalore university

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