About
Founder of Cradle, a payments network that enables small businesses in India to receive funds from other businesses without transaction fees.
Founder at CradleYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Gaurav went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Gaurav can intro founders to Cradle's investors below.
Experience
- Sable AgentsFoundercurrent2025 — present
- AmpiflowCo-Founder2022 — 2025
- CradleCo-Founder & CEO2020 — 2022
- RipplingSoftware Engineer2016 — 2019
- @WalmartLabsSenior Engineer2015 — 2016
- GuavusSenior Engineer - Data Mining and Machine Learning2012 — 2015
Skills & more
Languages English · Hindi
From Gaurav's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gaurav Mishra?
- Founder of Cradle, a payments network that enables small businesses in India to receive funds from other businesses without transaction fees.
- Where does Gaurav Mishra work?
- Gaurav Mishra is Founder of Cradle.
- What companies did Gaurav Mishra found?
- Gaurav Mishra founded Cradle.
- Where did Gaurav Mishra go to school?
- Gaurav Mishra studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
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Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur mafia31
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Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur90
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rippling45
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