Ajay Y.

Otto AI

CEO & Co-Founder

Simplified

Investor

Co-Founder

Forbes

30 under 30

Contributor

EvaBot Inc.

Advisor

Roomi

Founder

Roomi is a free website & app making it safer & easier to search for room rentals, sublets & roommates.

Forbes Real Estate Council

Founding Member

DADA Room

Chief Executive Officer

WEVE Acceleration (formerly NUMA New York)

Mentor

HuffPost

UPRISE Festival Europe

Now, I’m back in the founder seat, focusing on building a vertical AI SaaS startup. I will be building this venture in public, sharing my experiences and insights on growth and revenue strategies along the way.

In 2021, I co-founded Simplified, an AI-driven platform designed to support SMB marketing teams with content creation, distribution, and collaboration in one place. We raised over $14M from Khosla Ventures and Craft, scaled to over 17 million users.

I began my entrepreneurial journey as a solo founder, building a marketplace in New York to help people find roommates. This venture raised over $20M in capital, grew to over 5 million users, and reached profitability.

Antler

Portfolio Management

Skill-Lync

1. Fund-raise: Led 32 M$ Series B Fund-raising end to end- from building the Data Room to building models, pitching, Deal Structuring, Legal and Financial Due Diligence and Documentation, led a 15-member finance team during Fund-Raising
2. Investor Relations: Spearheaded the preparation of Financial Reports, MIS, Investor Communications, etc
3. Strategy: Set Templates and KPIs; oversaw the efficiency across different functions
4. Merger and Acquisition: Evaluated different companies for acquisition, closed a deal structuring and managed change after acquisition
5. HR Governance: Strategized and executed a bulk-hiring program to meet stringent sales hiring targets
6. Cash Flow Management: Managed cash in a high-stress funding environment with a budgeting system
7. Cost Optimization: Managed Projects across various offices from Cost Optimization (Reduction & Controls) for overall profitability, drove the preparation of Annual Budgeting ($300 M) & Rolling Forecasting & Cash Flow analysis for the company
8. Partnerships: Led partnership conversations with NSDC (GOI) saving Indirect Taxes worth Rs. 50 Crores; onboarded B2B partnerships with 15+ NBFCs for smooth business operations

Senior Program Manager- Founder's Office

Program Manager- Founder's Office

Masters' Union Innovation Lab

● Elected Core Committee Member of the Innovation Lab (MUIL) & EVC Club at Masters' Union responsible for providing infrastructure and resources to in-house startups
● Co-ordinating and monitoring Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital (EVC) Club activities
● Organized the inaugural edition of ENIGMA Business Premier League- B-Plan & Elevator Pitch Competition at Masters' Union

Core Committee Member

ICRA

● Undertook analysis and strategic research of real estate companies pan India providing inputs for investment grading
● Prepared ICRA's quarterly report on "Real Estate Outlook after the second wave of COVID in MMR Region"

Research and Modelling Intern

SM Global Group

Horizontally involved with the Sourcing team, Project Managers, Finance Department, Planning Engineers and Hiring Managers while leading 5 Construction projects 
• Collaborated with various team members to ensure timely delivery to constructed residential and commercial units
• Conducted Oversaw operations and logistics at various construction sites to identify leakages that resulted in savings of around 35.5 Lakhs pa
• Analysed actual performance vs budgeted performance, thereby identifying areas of improvements leading to savings of around 15% in interest and marketing costs

Chief Of Staff- Director's Office

● Led a team of 5 accountants in Forecasting, Planning, Budgeting, implementing end to end finance processes 
● Handled the closure of periodic books of accounts in accordance with accounting practices in place
●	Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual reports in line with statutory compliances for use by top management 
● Handled revenue of more than Rs. 500 M, reviewed financial reports to ensure operational efficiency
● Prepared project reporting through design and implementation of the effective cost allocation process

Financial Controller

Noplaceistoofar

● As a travel blogger and storyteller sharing stories, I have traveled across India knowing varied communities and documenting about different cultures. 
● I have completed 8 Himalayan Treks including Roopkund-The Mysterious Lake Trek (16,750 ft), Kedarkantha Trek (12,500 ft), and over 10 Sahyadri Range Treks including Kalsubai Pinnacle- the highest peak in the Sahyadri.

Haribhakti & Co.

Statutory and Tax Auditing, Limited Review
● Worked as a team member in statutory and tax audits and limited review of NBFC clients such as Motilal Oswal, Muthoot Finance, Swadhaar Finserve etc
● Consolidated financials of NBCF Groups with foreign subsidiaries with revenue between INR 50 and 1200 Cr

Article Assistant

Hi, meet Sakshi. She is currently working in the Portfolio team at Antler (VC). Her day-in-day-out job is to help founders problem-solve business roadblocks. Please reach out to sakshi.jain@antler.co in case you are looking for funding, are building something or simply to just chat about businesses. 

Previously, she worked closely with founders of multiple startups to help them build, iterate, reiterate, scale and fund-raise (early stage to Series B).

She has done her MBA from Masters Union, Gurgaon. She also comes from a CA and CFA background.

On the personal front, ‘Ancora Imparo’ which translates to ‘Yet, I keep learning’ are the words she believes in. She loves travelling and has been to over 50 villages that don’t exist on the maps yet. She has completed 10+ high-altitude treks in the Himalayas, completed over 35k+ kms of roadtrips across continents and countries.

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