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Strategy, Investments & Corp Dev in Fintech | Ex-Entrepreneur, IIM-A, CA

About

I work in corporate development and group strategy at Angel One, focused on how the company grows — through acquisitions, JVs, new verticals, and strategic partnerships across fintech and BFSI. Before this, I was at Tata Strategic Management Group, consulting on business planning, new venture strategy, and regulatory projects for group companies in financial services. And before that, I spent a couple of years building ventures from scratch — an organic food retail startup that I scaled to two cities with profitability, and a sustainability-focused venture (with India's first short-form environmental newsletter) that landed a state government afforestation partnership within three months of launch. Background-wise: CA, CS, and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. The mix of strategy consulting, corporate M&A, and actual founder experience is what shapes how I think about deals and new businesses. Always up for a conversation on fintech, BFSI, or M&A. sambhavchopra@gmail.com

Location

Mumbai

AI stack

codex

cursor

Work experience

Lead Business Initiatives at Angel One, Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo, Part of the group strategy and corporate development team, working on how Angel One grows beyond the core broking business. - Evaluate acquisition and strategic investment opportunities across fintech and adjacent BFSI segments, from early screening through diligence and IC discussions - Build investment theses and financial frameworks for new verticals the group is considering entering, including market sizing, entry-mode analysis, and business-model design - Work alongside founders, advisors, and internal business leaders to pressure-test opportunities and shape how they'd integrate with the group - Annual CEO club awardee

Consultant at Tata Strategic Management Group, Jan 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos, Strategy consulting across Tata group engagements, focused on new business creation, operational improvement, and regulatory execution in financial services. - Built the business plan for a new fintech venture for a group chairman, working directly alongside the venture CEO on positioning, market strategy, and growth roadmap - Identified process efficiencies worth 15-20% in overhead savings (~INR 90 Cr) for a large consumer company - Developed a comprehensive business plan for a disruptive insurtech model, from wireframing and product design through GTM, operations, and partnership strategy - Led an RBI licensing project end-to-end, with the license successfully awarded within regulatory timelines

Co-Founder at Startups at Entrepreneur, Sep 2019 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos, India, Built two ventures from scratch in the organic food and sustainability space. - Secured a pre-seed offer of $200K, and scaled to a cash-positive business with 20-40% month-on-month growth across two cities - Hit INR 2M+ ARR within six months as the first certified only-organic fresh food retailer in the market - Self-taught digital marketing, no-code tools, and ops management to run product, growth, and operations simultaneously as a solo founder - Launched India's first short-form environmental newsletter — grew to 4K subscribers (~80% m-o-m organic growth) and landed a Rajasthan state-partnered afforestation customer within three months

Investment Trainee (Internship converted to PPO) at Axilor Ventures, Apr 2018 - May 2018 · 2 mos, Bangalore, Early-stage VC internship across sourcing, screening, and diligence on seed and pre-Series A opportunities. Received a PPO at the end of the program.

Assistant Manager at CSD Instruments India Private Limited, Aug 2016 - Mar 2017 · 8 mos, Jaipur, Ran finance and admin for a growing SME. Drove a ~20% revenue lift through new partnerships, unlocked ~10% cost savings via a financial and legal restructuring, and secured and deployed INR 9.5M of working capital from banking partners.

Education

PGP, MBA, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

CA, Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India