Srinivas Sarkar

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States8 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-founder and CEO of a Y Combinator-backed startup.
  • Featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.
  • Led a not-for-profit initiative aiding COVID patients.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech entrepreneur with a strong consulting background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyProject ManagementConsulting

Other Skills

AutoCADC++Data AnalyticsEngineeringMarketingMicrosoft OfficeObservational AstronomyPowerPointProcess Improvement ProjectsProgrammingPublic SpeakingResearchTeam BuildingTheory of Constraints

About

Srinivas Sarkar is an Indian technology entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Coupl®, a consumer neobank building digital joint accounts and real-time payments for global Indians — backed by Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First UK, PLAY Capital, Silicon Road Ventures (PIEDS) and marquee angel investors. Featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, Entrepreneur® 35 Under 35, and BITS Global 30 Under 30. He’s a three-time TEDx speaker, and frequent guest speaker at BITSoM, IIT Kharagpur, Razorpay, and The 1% Club. Previously, a senior management consultant at EY, advising leadership teams of internet-first companies and some of India’s fastest-growing unicorn startups. He also co-founded Inaraa, a not-for-profit digital platform that enabled plasma donations during COVID. 🎓 Proud BITS Pilani alum.

Experience

8 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

1% club

Finance Educator & Course Creator

Aug 2024Dec 2024 · 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Coupl® | yc s22

Co-Founder & CEO

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka • San Francisco Bay Area

  • We’re building India’s best joint account — making shared finances effortless for couples. From a shared account and co-branded cards to quick bill payments and a smart household spends dashboard, Coupl helps partners spend, track, and save together.
  • Key Highlights 🚀
  • Powered by RuPay, NPCI & BharatConnect
  • Backed by Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First UK, PLAY Capital, Silicon Road Ventures (PIEDS) and operators from Uber, Meta, Amazon & J.P. Morgan
  • Founded by alums of BITS Pilani & IIT Kanpur
  • Press & Recognitions 🎯
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia
  • Entrepreneur® 35 Under 35
  • Google Play – Most Inspiring Apps 2025
  • Razorpay – The Next Big Thing
  • Inc42 – Top 30 Startups To Watch
  • Join 100,000+ Indians simplifying their shared finances. Download Coupl® Joint Banking on the App Store or Google Play today!
Business StrategyProject ManagementMarketing

Entrepreneur first

Founder In Residence

Aug 2021Mar 2022 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Entrepreneur First (EF) is a venture capital fund & the world's leading talent investor. Backed by Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Greylock, Mosaic and Founders Fund. With an acceptance rate of 3% each cohort, EF selects 30 individuals across London, Bangalore, Berlin, Singapore, Paris and Toronto and accelerates their journey in starting and building scalable technology companies.
  • Coupl was one of the four companies funded by EF during the Summer 2021 cohort.

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4 roles

Consultant

Promoted

Jul 2021Dec 2021 · 5 mos

  • Led cost optimization strategy for India’s largest cab aggregator during the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering critical savings amid highly volatile demand conditions.
  • Supplier experience transformation and improvement in fulfillment and delivery operations for a $5B YC-backed Indian e-commerce leader; leveraged Alteryx Designer to detect and mitigate customer fraud through advanced data analytics.
  • Designed and implemented an automation strategy and operational support framework for a $10B+ Indian IT services major, driving measurable efficiency across shared services and business units.
  • Worked closely with Senior Partners at the firm to manage weekly engagement economics.
  • Received multiple firm-wide accolades, including the EY Spotlight Award, EY Kudos Award, and the EY IAmExceptional Entrepreneurial Award, that recognize outstanding performance.
Process Improvement ProjectsData AnalyticsConsulting

Associate Consultant

Oct 2020Jun 2021 · 8 mos

  • Selected for a fast-track promotion to Consultant in 9 months 😊

Analyst • Business Consulting

Jun 2018Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Summer Intern • Consulting

Jun 2017Aug 2017 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Inaraa | digital plasma bank

Founder

Jun 2020Jul 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka

  • Inaraa was a not-for-profit online plasma donation web app that helped critically-ill COVID patients find plasma donors in their city. Helped over 1,200 patients find life-saving plasma across India.
  • Wound up Inaraa a year after starting, in accordance with the advisory issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on the discontinuation of convalescent plasma therapy has been discontinued from the recommended treatment protocol for COVID.
  • A big thank you to all our volunteers, donors & partners for their support through our journey ❤️

Ted conferences

Organizer

Jul 2017Nov 2017 · 4 mos

  • TEDx is an independently organized TED event that I organized with a team of 20 talented volunteers

Indian institute of astrophysics, bangalore

Researcher

Jun 2015Jul 2015 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Studied the period-luminosity relationship (PLR) of Cepheid Variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud (Southern Celestial Hemisphere) for the scaling of its extra-galactic distance from the Earth

Education

Y Combinator

S22

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor's degree — Mechanical Engineering

National Public School

CBSE

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