Rekha Ahuja

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Co-founder & CTO, Kestrel Finance - fundraising · product · B2B sales

Kestrel Finance
Noida, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
English, Hindi
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Kestrel Finance (B2B payments). 21 years of building before that. Raised $17 million across 2 rounds. Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company. Most at home with fundraising and fintech.

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Skills
productfintechB2B salesfundraising
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Seed round open - cash-flow forecasting for dental practices, 4 enterprise pilots

Stage
Seed
Raising
$3M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
4 enterprise pilots after 10 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

4 enterprise pilots after 10 months. Looking for investors who know logistics and can help with pricing.

Noida, India · remote OKproductb2b salesfundraising
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Apr 2025 - Present
    Kestrel Finance · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
    • Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company.
    • Raised $6 million across 2 rounds.
    • Took Kestrel Finance from zero to $1 million ARR.
  2. Controller
    Jul 2023 - Apr 2025
    ICICI Bank · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 8 straight quarters.
    • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Finance Manager
    Sep 2021 - Jul 2023
    Samsung R&D · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $211 million raise.
  4. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jun 2020 - Sep 2021
    Intel · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
    • Ran diligence on 10 acquisitions.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $90 million raise.
  5. Senior Financial Analyst
    Sep 2016 - Jun 2020
    Airtel · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
    • Ran diligence on 4 acquisitions.

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Education

  1. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
    MBA, Business Administration
    2007 - 2009
  2. Manipal Institute of Technology
    B.Tech, Business Administration
    2001 - 2005

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