Akash Bansal

Overview

I invest in consumer at Coralline Ventures, usually at pre-seed and seed. Backed 50 founders at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 6 years before investing. Before that: Postman and Tech Mahindra. Learning to sail.

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Experience

1. General Partner

   Aug 2025 - Present
   Coralline Ventures · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Led or co-led 27 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
2. Financial Analyst

   Jan 2022 - Aug 2025
   Postman · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 6 straight quarters.
3. Financial Analyst

   Jul 2019 - Jan 2022
   Tech Mahindra · 2 yr 6 mo · Contract · Noida, India
   • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 13.
4. Finance Director

   Apr 2016 - Jul 2019
   Zoho · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Saved $2 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
   • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 14.
5. Controller

   Nov 2012 - Jan 2016
   Goldman Sachs · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

1. NIT Surathkal

   B.Tech, Computer Science
   1992 - 1996