Siddharth grew up in Pune to an engineer father, he appreciates engineering and tech. While he thought that becoming an engineer was his true calling, life had other plans! One afternoon while watching a documentary on BBC of legendary investor Mark Mobius, Siddharth was drawn to the field of finance. Right after graduation he went on to work for a High Yield Bond hedge fund as a fundamental analyst. It is here that he got exposed to interpreting and analysing financial statements of different companies. Over time he realized the need to move on to the forefront of value creation! An opportunity struck to work in the CFO’s office of the country’s largest corporate Treasury, Reliance Industries Ltd. Having assisted the CFO in Investor Relations and performance evaluation there, he moved on to work at the Chairman’s office of Kirloskar group, where he got exposed to working on aspects of businesses going beyond finance which included strategy and operations.
More recently he was Chief Financial Officer of Easebuzz, a digital payments company processing $1Billion transactions per month, and where he also served as Board Member. What started off with revenues of under a $1mil, Easebuzz crossed $65m ARR and $15m gross profits during his tenure. Under his leadership, the company was able create business plans, incorporate internal financial controls, faster closure of books of accounts, and raised equity funds of $4mil and secured term sheets of $20mil apart from $3mil of debt. Siddharth brings in 22years of experience in the field of corporate finance and strategy.
Siddharth is the founder of CapSurge Consulting, a boutique corporate finance advisory firm. At CapSurge, he is actively involved in customer engagement, business development and strategy formulation for clients. In addition to CapSurge Consulting, he is also co-founder of CapSurge Billing LLC, a billing services firm incorporated in Connecticut, NY.
He serves as a mentor at JioGenNext, the accelerator arm of the telecom giant, Jio. At JioGenNext, he gets the opportunity to interact with founders of a wide range of companies guiding them on all aspects related to Finance and growth of their business.
Siddharth is a Chartered Financial Analyst by qualification and has completed a management programme from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, where he also secured a first place in the project. In his free time, Siddharth enjoys going on long distance motorcycle rides, landscaping & gardening, and reading. He especially enjoys cooking as a way to unwind over the weekends. Pink Floyd is a rock band that he can never get bored of, besides enjoying western retro music. While business, spiritual and self-help books are his favourite genres, The Fountainhead by Ayan Rand remains his most favourite read of all times.
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