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About
Gaurav Agrawal is the Chief Financial Officer at AppZen. He has more than 15 years of experience in finance, with areas of focus including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, M&A, and P&L management. Prior to AppZen, he held roles at Confluent, LinkedIn, and Lyft.
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AppZen's investors · 12
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2014Bloomberg BetaSan Francisco · $25K – $1M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkFundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksGeodesic CapitalFoster CityLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2018PROOFArlingtonRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2017Resolute VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checksRiverwood CapitalMenlo Park · $25M – $250M checks · since 2025Sand Hill AngelsMenlo Park · $50K – $2M checks
Co-founders at AppZen
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Anant KaleCo-Founder & CEO
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Kunal VermaCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- AppZenChief Financial Officercurrent2023 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- ConfluentSenior Director of Finance2019 — 2022
- LinkedInDirector of Finance2013 — 2019Sunnyvale, California, United States
- GA ConsultingPrincipal2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- LyftConsultant2012 — 2013
- Altius EducationDirector of Business Development, Senior Finance Manager2010 — 2012
- Credit SuisseSenior Associate - Technology Mergers & Acquistions2003 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
- Jefferies & Company (Broadview International)Analyst2000 — 2002
Skills & more
Strategic Planning11Management16Leadership7Strategic ThinkingVenture Capital17Financial Modeling33Start-ups16Business Strategy30Corporate Development11Entrepreneurship6Business Development38Corporate Finance8
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Project ManagementProduct ManagementFinancial AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsFinancial ReportingSales OperationsMergers & AcquisitionsMobile DevicesBusiness PlanningPrivate EquityLanguages Hindi
- How to Think Strategically — LinkedIn
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- Who is Gaurav Agrawal?
- Gaurav Agrawal is the Chief Financial Officer at AppZen. He has more than 15 years of experience in finance, with areas of focus including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, M&A, and P&L management. Prior to AppZen, he held roles at Confluent, LinkedIn, and Lyft.
- Where did Gaurav Agrawal go to school?
- Gaurav Agrawal studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, Business Administration).
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Alex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesFrancisco Alvarez-DemaldeInvestor at Riverwood CapitalPhilippe SuchetVenture Partner at Spider CapitalShantanu JoshiFounder at LumeKunal VermaCo-Founder & CTO at AppZenAnant KaleCo-Founder & CEO at AppZen
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