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Founder @ Stealth | Ex-CEO CarDekho | IIT Delhi | Angel Investor

About

Seasoned business leader with leadership & management experience across entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial environments across consumer internet, fintech domain. My last stint was as CEO of Lending and Used Car Business at CarDekho.com. I helped transform the used car business from pure classifieds play to a transaction led business across buying and selling used cars. We ran three marketplaces together – B2B/C2B Auctions, Finance & Insurance (F&I) Marketplace and Consumer Classifieds Marketplace. I helped the business raise over $75Mn of venture capital including from Sequoia Capital and leading Indian Bank (Axis Bank) and as part of the top 5 leadership team, instrumental in setting the overall strategic vision for the company. Subsequently I co-founded and led the financial services vertical for the group, achieving over $$$ Mn of disbursements with partnerships with multiple leading financial institutions. During my stint at Cardekho, I led the team to scale the business over 10x and built the leadership & management team to operate and grow the business at the next well. I am an entrepreneur at heart and work like an owner. In 2011, I co-founded an education company that helped train people across skillsets ranging from sales, hospitality, service and leadership. I received B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Delhi, and got my business education on the job first as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and then working with Patu Keswani (Founder, LemonTree Hotels) as Chief of Staff, CEO’s office. I like reading about entrepreneurship, science fiction and company S1s!

Location

New York City Metropolitan Area

AI stack

cursor

langchain

openai

replit

Work experience

Co-Founder at Meant To Be Inc, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Angel Investor at Early stage startups, Mar 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 6 mos, Angel Investor & Mentor to early age startups across consumer internet, marketplaces, SaaS, Fintech.

CEO - Fintech (now Rupyy) at CarDekho, Apr 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos, * Led CarDekho's automotive financing business - launching and scaling retail, dealer and cross-sell unsecured products * Established partnerships with multiple leading banks including equity investments from 3 leading banks (HDFC, Axis, Undisclosed) * Scaled up business to $X00 Mn+ in annual disbursements across distribution, co-lending and on balance sheet lending models * Conceptualized & launched Industry first Buy-Back Product (MG 3-60 Program) * Led a team of 150+ across sales, operations, technology, credit & collections

CEO - Used Cars at CarDekho, Oct 2014 - Mar 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos, Gurgaon, India, * Transformed the Used Car Business from a pure play classifieds to a transaction platform to bring trust and convenience to used car buying and selling in India * Delivered 10x revenue scale up in multi-geography and multi-marketplace model. Ran 3 marketplaces Sell Side B2B Auctions Marketplace, Buy Side Dealer to Dealer (D2C) and Consumer to Consumer Marketplace (C2C) and Financing & Insurance (F&I) Marketplace. * Raised 70 Mn$ from institutional investors like Sequoia, HillHouse to fund the new strategy * Built, managed and developed a team of 700+ across sales, operations, product & technology development with business presence in over 25+ cities

Entrepreneur in Residence at GSF Accelerator, May 2014 - Sep 2014 · 5 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, * Designed and program managed the San Francisco leg of GSF Global Program, India's leading technology accelerator with investor & mentor outreach. * Worked with startup founders of 11 portfolio companies – helped refine business model, go-to-market strategy and fund-raise pitches including WhatFix, DailyRounds

Co-Founder at HeadStart Institute Pvt. Ltd., Oct 2011 - Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Gurgaon, India, Co-founder at L&D Outsourcing and Skill and Talent development organization focused on customer service, sales and leadership skills to it clients across sectors. * Scaled the organization to 20+ member team of trainers, IDs and graphic designers * Enabled training of over 2000+ people including people with disabilities (Hearing & Speech Impairment) * Key Skills: Learnt how to sell, build & manage teams and importance of cash flows. * Experienced in L&D Program Design, Product Development, Learning Management Solutions, Train The Trainer Certifications

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

KTH Royal Institute of Technology