About
Senior Associate with over six years across corporate finance, analytics and marketing, previously at NRB Bearings working with the CFO on M&A and growth strategy. He holds a Master's in Finance from Mumbai University.
Experience
- Bajaj FinservInvestments - Finserv Intelligence (Corporate VC)current2026 — present
- Roots VenturesSenior Associate2024 — 2026Mumbai
- Roots VenturesAssociate2023 — 2024Mumbai
- Roots VenturesSenior Analyst2021 — 2023Mumbai
- Roots VenturesAnalyst2019 — 2021Mumbai Area, India
- SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)Visiting Professor2025 — 2026
- NRB Bearings LimitedSenior Executive - CFO's office2018 — 2019
- NRB Bearings LimitedEA to the CFO & VP - IT2017 — 2018
- NRB Bearings LimitedGraduate Trainee - Finance2016 — 2017
- NRB Bearings LimitedFinance Intern2016Mumbai Area, India
- TalerangFinance and Marketing Intern2015Mumbai Area, India
- The PorterBusiness Development Intern2014Mumbai Area, India
- Global Education Solutions GESResearch Analyst Intern2014Mumbai Area, India
Skills & more
English3Microsoft Office10PowerPoint9Microsoft Word6Microsoft Excel10Knowledge AcquisitionProblem SolvingCommunicationStrategyAnalytical SkillsTeamwork6Leadership2
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Public SpeakingTeam LeadershipNegotiationCustomer AcquisitionMonetizationFundraisingQuantitative FinanceTerm SheetsDeal SourcingIndustry AnalysisDeal ClosureInvestment AnalysisLanguages English · French · Gujarati · Hindi · Marathi · Sindhi
- Investment Evaluation — LinkedIn
- Jeff Dyer on Innovation — LinkedIn
- Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business — LinkedIn
- Brad Feld on Validating Your Startup Idea — LinkedIn
- Financial Modeling Foundations — LinkedIn
- Sramana Mitra on Bootstrapping — LinkedIn
- Professional Networking — LinkedIn
- Finance Foundations: Business Valuation — LinkedIn
- Negotiation Skills — LinkedIn
- Online Marketing — Üniversite Kulüpler Birliği
From Gaurav's professional profile.
Colleagues at Roots Ventures
Aasma Shaikh
Analyst at Roots Ventures
Apurva Chamaria
Advisor at Roots Ventures
Bhavik Mehta
Principal at Roots Ventures
Harinder Takhar
Advisor at Roots Ventures
Japan Vyas
Managing Partner at Roots Ventures
Karanpal Singh
Investing Partner at Roots Ventures
Manish Valecha
Compliance Manager at Roots Ventures
Miten Sampat
Advisor at Roots Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gaurav Navani?
- Senior Associate with over six years across corporate finance, analytics and marketing, previously at NRB Bearings working with the CFO on M&A and growth strategy. He holds a Master's in Finance from Mumbai University.
- Where does Gaurav Navani work?
- Gaurav Navani is Senior Associate at Roots Ventures.
- Where did Gaurav Navani go to school?
- Gaurav Navani studied at GrowthX®; Mumbai University Mumbai (Master's degree, Accounting and Finance); H.R. College of Commerce and Economics (Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelors in Accounting and Finance).
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Also attended Mumbai University Mumbai6
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bajaj Finserv4
Also worked at Roots Ventures9
Japan VyasManaging Partner at Roots VenturesRavinder VashistPartner at Roots VenturesBhavik MehtaPrincipal at Roots VenturesSamridh SharmaSenior Associate at Roots VenturesAasma ShaikhAnalyst at Roots VenturesManish ValechaCompliance Manager at Roots Ventures
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