Headline

AI | Capital | Fintech

About

I've spent six years on both sides of the startup capital equation. The companies that stick are always the ones where the founder understands their unit economics as deeply as their users. At CheQ, a 3one4-backed fintech, I was Chief of Staff and led corporate development. We scaled from zero to 2 million users and $12M ARR. I led the company's $7M raise in 2023, when most fintech rounds were falling apart. That fundraise taught me more about investor psychology, founder resilience, and what conviction capital actually looks like than any theory ever could. Before that, I built Enable Capital, an early-stage investment banking platform where I helped founders across fintech and D2C raise $14M collectively. Structuring rounds, prepping decks, negotiating terms from the other side of the table gave me a sharp sense for what separates fundable companies from good-sounding ideas. I started my career in capital markets at EY and Marquee Equity, closing $56M across 20+ campaigns, and hold an MSc in Finance from the University of Edinburgh. Most recently at kAIgentic, an SMBC-backed AI company, where I've been working at the intersection of enterprise AI and early stage company building. The thread across everything: I'm most useful at the intersection of capital, strategy, and building, closest to where the hard decisions happen and the hardest questions don't have clean answers yet. Always happy to talk fintech, early-stage fundraising, or what the next wave of AI infrastructure actually looks like from the inside.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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ChatGPT

Work experience

Strategy Lead at kAIgentic, Oct 2025 - Present · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Capital Strategy & Investor Relations at CheQ, Apr 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

Chief of Staff at CheQ, Jul 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Founder at Enable Capital, Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Private Placement and M&A Lead at Marquee Equity, Jun 2021 - Nov 2021 · 6 mos

Private Placement and M&A - Senior Associate at Marquee Equity, Jul 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr

Associate Consultant at Ernst & Young, Mar 2019 - Apr 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

Education

Master of Science - MS, Finance, Investment Management, University of Edinburgh Business School

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance, General, Christ University, Bangalore