Avni Chawla

Overview

Building Bridge Pay in Noida - agritech. Previously built and sold a small agritech company. Grew the team to 44 people across 3 countries. Before that: BrowserStack and Paytm. Most at home with fintech and rural distribution. I write a small newsletter about agritech.

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Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Oct 2024 - Present
   Bridge Pay · 2 yr · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Raised $5 million across 2 rounds.
   • Grew the team to 93 people across 3 countries.
2. Financial Analyst

   Feb 2021 - Oct 2024
   BrowserStack · 3 yr 8 mo · Contract · Noida, India
   • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
   • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
3. Finance Manager

   Oct 2018 - Feb 2021
   Paytm · 2 yr 4 mo · Contract · Noida, India
   • Built the operating model the board used for a $168 million raise.
4. Controller

   Sep 2015 - Oct 2018
   PhonePe · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Ran diligence on 3 acquisitions.
   • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 16.
5. Financial Analyst

   Jul 2013 - Jun 2015
   Freshworks · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 10.
   • Built the operating model the board used for a $23 million raise.

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Education

1. BITS Pilani

   B.E., Economics
   2000 - 2004