Gaurav Shrishrimal — Co-Founder

- Founder of Kaagaz, previously founded Tapp Me - Kaagaz is backed by amazing investors like Y Combinator, Pravega Ventures, Axilor Ventures, Better Capital and many more. - Worked at Credit Suisse, interned at Reliance Capital & Towers Watson - Graduated from IIT Kanpur, 2014 Follow for content around startups, learnings & Memes :) At Kaagaz we are building mobile-first productivity tools for the Bharat users, to help them become part of the mainstream digital economy. The first set of tools are focused on providing a ‘Documents Super App’ to the Bharat users. Before this we were working on Sorted AI - Smart Reminders App - which could set reminders from your documents, auto organize documents, and where you could set manual reminders as well. While building Sorted AI - the idea of Kaagaz Scanner came about. Before Sorted AI, I was building Tapp Me, where we were providing On-Demand Home Services in 3 Tier-II cities of India - Vizag, Jaipur & Patna. Additionally, we were a Pan India Renovations and Interiors Service Provider, working with clients like Ultratech, Livspace, etc. Before Tapp Me, I worked with Credit Suisse - Investment banking division. I graduated from IIT Kanpur with a B Tech in Materials Science and Engineering. I was a part of the Antaragni Core Organizing Team and was also a member of the IIT Kanpur Band. While in college I interned with Willis Towers Watson and Reliance Capital. Still reading? Thank You! Do follow for content around startups :))

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with a strong background in service-oriented business development.

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Experience: 13 yrs 7 mos

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Business Development
Project Planning
Data Analysis
Event Management

Career Highlights

Founded multiple startups backed by top investors.
Led significant growth in on-demand home services.
Organized major cultural festivals with extensive media coverage.

Work Experience

Kaagaz (YC W'22)

Co-Founder (5 yrs 11 mos)

Sorted AI - Setup Reminders, Organize Documents & Manage Notifications - Productivity App

Co-Founder (3 yrs)

Tapp Me

Co Founder (3 yrs 11 mos)

Credit Suisse

Prime Services (1 yr 3 mos)

Reliance Capital

Summer Intern (2 mos)

Antaragni IIT Kanpur

Head, Public Relations & Professional Shows (9 mos)

Coordinator Junoon & Synchronicity (9 mos)

Willis Towers Watson

Summer Intern (2 mos)

SP Jain School of Global Management - Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore & Sydney

Student Ambassador (1 yr)

Education

at Y Combinator

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

at GrowthX®

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching at Rajkumar College Raipur

at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Gaurav Shrishrimal

Co-Founder

Gurugram, Haryana, India13 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded multiple startups backed by top investors.
Led significant growth in on-demand home services.
Organized major cultural festivals with extensive media coverage.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with a strong background in service-oriented business development.

Contact

gaurav@kaagaz.app LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentProject PlanningData AnalysisEvent Management

Other Skills

Business StrategyCompensation StructuresGoogle AdsGoogle AnalyticsLeadershipLean StartupMarketingMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficePublic RelationsTeam Management

About

Experience

13 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Kaagaz (yc w'22)

Co-Founder

Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Building productivity tools for the Bharat users
Heading marketing & growth for Kaagaz

EntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentMarketingProject Planning

Sorted ai - setup reminders, organize documents & manage notifications - productivity app

Co-Founder

Jul 2019 – Jul 2022 · 3 yrs · Gurgaon, India

Tapp me

Co Founder

Oct 2015 – Sep 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

Served 4 cities i.e. Jaipur, Vizag, Patna & Gurgaon with a 200+ technician strength
Scaled to a revenue run rate of ₹6 Crore/Annum
Served 100k+ customers in the 4 cities

Business DevelopmentProject PlanningTeam Management

Credit suisse

Prime Services

Jun 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Securities Lending Desk
APAC
Furnished the trading desk with analytics on a periodic basis; provide analysis of market flow by analyzing trends
Worked closely with Japan desk; responsible for inventory management as well as end to end trade support
Successfully created Lender & Client Concentration, helping the desk to gauge and reduce its client risk
Created analytics determining refinancing opportunities for the Japan desk
US - EMEA
Communicating research and comprehensive evaluations including Sector Colors and Market Commentaries
Performing tasks like filling up Client’s Stock requests; increased the efficiency of the process by 100%
Created Box Usage report depicting opportunity P&L savings, utilizing inventory from collateral desk
Revamped the Short Squeeze model being used to predict stocks going Hard to Borrow
Introduced analytics like Earnings Monitor, Client Colors ; creating bespoke client reports

Data AnalysisPublic Relations

Reliance capital

Summer Intern

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

My work in Reliance Capital was to build a detailed financial model for Reliance Capital based on functioning of other leading banks. I also developed a strategic road map for market entry of Reliance Capital into the commercial banking sector. Identification of potential benefits of conversion of any financial institution was a major part of my project.

Antaragni iit kanpur

2 roles

Head, Public Relations & Professional Shows

Mar 2013 – Dec 2013 · 9 mos · IIT Kanpur

As a part of 16 membered core team I have led a team of 900 volunteers to organize one of the India's largest cultural festivals. I played an instrumental role in planning professional shows by Sonu Nigam and Indian Ocean. Several new things were initiated like International Film Festival, Antaragni Leadership Initiative(National) and Classical Night. We successfully collaborated with VH1, The Hindu and Red FM to have the best media coverage for the festival. We collaborated with embassies of 7 countries to host performances by foreign artists.

Event ManagementPublic Relations

Coordinator Junoon & Synchronicity

Mar 2012 – Dec 2012 · 9 mos · IIT Kanpur

As coordinator of the above mentioned above I led a team of 200 students to organize the biggest college music festival in India. We collaborated with 3 international embassies to invite various international performers for the festival. The event budget was up-scaled by 60%(INR 2.5 Million) and participation by 300%. The collaboration with media was unprecedented (10 media firms).

Willis towers watson

Summer Intern

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

My internship consisted of 3 different small projects which comprized of analysis of Executive Compensation, Arbitrage Study and SWOT Analysys. The details can be found out in the attached report.