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Mandar Gokhale

Founder

Founder at AutoFi

San Francisco Bay Area

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Kevin SingermanunlockedMandar: together at AutoFi (2015–2026)
×9Mandar: together at GoDaddy
×2Mandar: together at PayPal

About

Mandar Gokhale is a three-time founder who co-founded AutoFi, where he led product and engineering over a decade as the company grew to mid-eight-figure ARR, an approximately $700M valuation, and a 110-person organization; he currently serves on its board. His earlier experience includes roles at PayPal in point-of-sale payments, GoDaddy in SMB commerce, and eBay, as well as a founding engineer position at MicroPlace. He is currently working on a stealth-stage venture in applied AI.

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AutoFi's investors · 14

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2015Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025BMW i VenturesMountain View · $10M checksCrosslink CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $9M checksEniac VenturesNew York · $1.2M checksFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksFoundersX VenturesSilicon ValleyGradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Lerer HippeauNew York · $500K – $2M checksMouro CapitalLondon · $1M – $15M checksReshapeNew York · $100K – $2M checksSandalphon CapitalChicago · $100K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checksZenStone Venture CapitalSan Jose

Co-founders at AutoFi

MMMichael Mignano
Michael MignanoFounder & CEO
JPJonathan Palan
Jonathan PalanExecutive Officer, Director
KSKevin Singerman
Kevin SingermanExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. AutoFiBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  2. AutoFiCPTO & Co-founder2015 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. GoDaddyDirector, Product Management2012 — 2015Sunnyvale
  4. OutrightDirector Product Management2012Mountain View
  5. PayPalSr. Product Manager | Point of Sale Solutions2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Microplace Inc (an eBay Company)Head of Product2008 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Microplace Inc (an eBay Company)Founder Engineer2007 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
  8. eBay IncSenior Software Engineer2003 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
  9. BearingPoint (KPMG Consulting)Senior Consultant2000 — 2003
  10. DelphiEngineer1998 — 1999Gurugram, Haryana, India

Skills & more

Product Management53Agile Methodologies36E-commerce24Integration13Mobile Payments5Analytics6Web Applications5Business Process8Product Marketing6Mobile Applications9Software Development8Cloud Computing7
+11 moreStrategic PartnershipsStart-upsUser ExperienceProduct DevelopmentSaaSManagementTeam LeadershipJavaEnterprise SoftwareLeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages English · Hindi · Marathi

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Who is Mandar Gokhale?
Mandar Gokhale is a three-time founder who co-founded AutoFi, where he led product and engineering over a decade as the company grew to mid-eight-figure ARR, an approximately $700M valuation, and a 110-person organization; he currently serves on its board. His earlier experience includes roles at PayPal in point-of-sale payments, GoDaddy in SMB commerce, and eBay, as well as a founding engineer position at MicroPlace. He is currently working on a stealth-stage venture in applied AI.
Where does Mandar Gokhale work?
Mandar Gokhale is Founder of AutoFi.
What companies did Mandar Gokhale found?
Mandar Gokhale founded AutoFi.
Where did Mandar Gokhale go to school?
Mandar Gokhale studied at Delhi College of Engineering (Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Computer Science).

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