Shivani Gaikwad

Founder & CEO at Northwind Mobility · B2B payments · fintech, fundraising

Northwind Mobility

Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

11+ years experience

IIT Kharagpur

English, Hindi, Marathi

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Overview

Building Northwind Mobility in Mumbai - B2B payments. Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company. Grew the team to 43 people across 5 countries. Before that: Reliance Jio and Wipro. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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Founder & CEO
Nov 2021 - Present
Northwind Mobility · 4 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
- Signed 323 paying customers, 13 of them enterprises.
- Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company.
- Grew the team to 67 people across 4 countries.
Finance Manager
Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
Reliance Jio · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
- Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
Financial Analyst
Feb 2017 - Feb 2020
Wipro · 3 yr · Full-time · Mumbai, India
- Closed the books in 6 days, down from 11.
- Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
Financial Analyst
Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
BrowserStack · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
- Built the operating model the board used for a $110 million raise.

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Write-up: B2B payments in practice

2024

A long-form guide to B2B payments for people starting out.

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Education

IIT Kharagpur
B.Tech, Computer Science
2011 - 2015

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