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Pankaj Kwatra

Investor

Partner & CFO at Stride Ventures

Delhi, India

About

Pankaj Kwatra is Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Stride Ventures, where he oversees finance, fund operations, and strategic business finance functions across domestic and international funds with assets under management exceeding USD 1 billion. A Chartered Accountant from the May 2006 batch with an All India Rank of 31, he has over 19 years of experience spanning venture debt, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, and financial services. He has led Stride's expansion into the UK, ADGM (UAE), and GIFT City, and received the "Best CFO in Financial Services" recognition in 2025 from Business World and Biz Integration.

Experience

  1. Stride VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — present
  2. Stride VenturesChief Financial Officercurrent2024 — present
  3. Stride VenturesFinance Controller2023 — 2024Gurugram, Haryana, India
  4. Rising Straits CapitalAssociate Vice President2015 — 2023Greater Delhi Area
  5. Red Fort CapitalSenior Manager2014 — 2015New Delhi Area, India
  6. PwCManager2010 — 2014Gurugram, Haryana, India
  7. Ernst & YoungSenior Consultant2006 — 2010Gurugram, Haryana, India

Education

  1. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaChartered Accountant, Corporate taxation and finance2002 — 2006
  2. Sri Guru Gobind Singh College Of CommerceBachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)2000 — 2003

Skills & more

CEO/CFO Certification1Corporate Finance3Corporate Tax2Tax Accounting1Corporate Law1International Tax2Financial budgetingFEMA & FDICross-border TransactionsRegulatory ComplianceDirect TaxReal Estate Private Equity
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Colleagues at Stride Ventures

Amaira Singh Balyan
Manager, Marketing & Communications at Stride Ventures
Amay Ganguly
Analyst, Capital Formation at Stride Ventures
Anjali Singh
Senior Analyst, Investor Relations at Stride Ventures
Anshika Puri
Manager, Human Resources at Stride Ventures
Apoorva Sharma
Managing Partner at Stride Ventures
Asade Tolu
Associate, Investments at Stride Ventures
Devansh Methi
Associate, Risk at Stride Ventures
Devin Gupta
Analyst, Investments at Stride Ventures

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