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Arnav Pathak

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Founder at Ridge Studio | ex-Zoho

Works at
Ridge Studio
Location
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
Experience
13+ years experience
Education
IIT Hyderabad
Languages
English, Hindi, Marathi
Raising
Message Connect

Overview

Founder of Ridge Studio, working on consumer finance. Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company. Took Ridge Studio from zero to $3 million ARR. Before that: Zoho and Cisco.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Second opinions on lending decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Questions about consumer finance
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • SEO and link-building offers

Replies between meetings, usually same day

Skills
compliancelendingconsumer fintechgrowth
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Seed round open - cold-chain monitoring for construction firms, $2M ARR

Stage
Seed
Raising
$2M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$698k from an existing fund
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
$2M ARR after 16 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

$2M ARR after 16 months. Looking for investors who know supply chain and can help with hiring.

Mumbai, India · remote OKconsumer fintechlendingcompliance
Open

Experience

  1. Founder
    Dec 2023 - Present
    Ridge Studio · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Signed 114 paying customers, 8 of them enterprises.
    • Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company.
    • Grew the team to 45 people across 3 countries.
  2. Business Analyst
    Mar 2021 - Oct 2023
    Zoho · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Shipped 14 launches on the payments platform team without a rollback.
  3. Business Analyst
    Sep 2018 - Mar 2021
    Cisco · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Brought on-call pages for firmware down from 15 a week to 1.
  4. Engagement Manager
    Dec 2015 - Sep 2018
    Hindustan Unilever · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Ran commercial diligence on 19 deals.
  5. Senior Consultant
    Nov 2013 - Aug 2015
    Mphasis · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Delivered 30 engagements across 7 countries.
    • Designed the operating model for a 20 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

  1. IIT Hyderabad
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2002 - 2006

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