About
Pavel Bains is the founder and CEO of Ambitionz, the company behind Cipher, an AI product for game development. His work spans the areas of AI, gaming, and finance.
Experience
- CIPHERFounder + CEOcurrent2025 — presentSingapore
- Bluzelle NetworksCo-Founder + CEO2015 — 2024Vancouver, Canada Area
- M2SIX VenturesPrincipal2006 — 2016Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- StorypandaCEO & Co-founder2011 — 2015Vancouver, Canada Area
- Centre for Digital MediaEntrepreneur in Residence2014 — 2015Vancouver, Canada Area
- Threewave SoftwareStudio Director2008 — 2010
- Disney Interactive StudiosFinancial Operations Consultant2007 — 2008
- Spectra RestaurantsFinancial Analyst2002 — 2004
- Labatt BreweriesMarketing Assistant1998 — 1999
- Vancouver GrizzliesIntern1995 — 1996
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship32Marketing18Business Strategy18Digital Media11Business Development12Start-ups11Mobile Applications4Advertising6Digital Strategy4Marketing Strategy6Social Media5Social Media Marketing6
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Strategic PartnershipsStrategyManagementStrategic PlanningFrom Pavel's professional profile.
Colleagues at Rising Capital
Aishwary Gupta
Advisor at Rising Capital
Amit Kumar
Head of BD at Rising Capital
Ankit Verma
CIO at Rising Capital
Ayan Madaan
Senior Quantitive Developer at Rising Capital
Lakshay Gupta
Senior Analyst at Rising Capital
Samarth Ahuja
COO at Rising Capital
Sankalp Shangari
Founder & Director at Rising Capital
Subhash Bedi
Advisor at Rising Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pavel Bains?
- Pavel Bains is the founder and CEO of Ambitionz, the company behind Cipher, an AI product for game development. His work spans the areas of AI, gaming, and finance.
- Where does Pavel Bains work?
- Pavel Bains is Advisor at Rising Capital.
- Where did Pavel Bains go to school?
- Pavel Bains studied at UCLA (Bachelor's degree).
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bluzelle Networks2
Also worked at Centre for Digital Media3
Also worked at Disney Interactive Studios114
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