Ankur Singla

Founder

Los Angeles, California, United States18 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded and sold multiple startups to major companies.
Expertise in film production and distribution.
Strong background in fintech and customer experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS entrepreneur with strong expertise in film and customer experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Film DistributionEntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementBusiness StrategyCustomer Relationship ManagementCustomer Experience

Other Skills

Business OwnershipCRMCloud ComputingCompetitive AnalysisCorporate CommunicationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data AnalysisDigital MarketingE-commerceEmail MarketingFilmmakerLead GenerationMarketing StrategyOnline AdvertisingOnline Marketing

About

Law -> tech entrepreneurship (sold my Sequoia-backed B2C startup - $25M raised - to Amazon Inc in 2018) -> sold a B2B startup to Gupshup Inc -> writing and directing films -> founding Brew, a global platform to help filmmakers monetize the films.

Experience

18 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Brew

Founder and CEO

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Building tools for filmmakers, producers and studios to distribute and monetize their content globally.

Film DistributionFilmmakerStreaming MediaEntrepreneurship

Barsaati films

Writer and Director

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · Hybrid

Barsaati Films is an indie studio based out in New Delhi. We make feature films and web series. Our first feature film, Ghich Pich, which I wrote and directed, is currently under post-production.

Amazon

Head - Financial Services Payments and Transit

Aug 2018 – Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Sold Tapzo to Amazon. See: https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/30/to-boost-amazon-pay-in-india-amazon-reportedly-acquired-tapzo-an-all-in-one-aggregator-app-for-40m/
Amazon Pay used Tapzo tech to launch flights, bus, movie and train ticketing etc. in India.
At Amazon, apart from integration, I led the launch of credit card bill payments (like Cred), insurance payments and worked on a Fastag toll product.

Onedirect - cx management firm

Founder and CEO (exited to Gupshup Inc)

Feb 2015 – Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

OneDirect is a Customer Experience Management solutions company.
After August 2018, my co-founders ran the company. OneDirect was sold to GupShup in June 2022.

Tapzo

Founder and CEO (exited to Amazon Inc)

Jan 2015 – Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Tapzo is an all in one app. You can recharge your phone, book Ola / Uber, flights, buses, order from Zomato or Swiggy, find the best deals, and get latest news, cricket and horoscope updates. We raised ~US$25M from Sequoia Capital, Amex Ventures, RuNet and RB Investments. We are a 150+ people company with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai.
Amazon bought Tapzo in August 2018.

Akosha

Founder and CEO (pivoted to Tapzo)

Jun 2009 – Jan 2015 · 5 yrs 7 mos · New Delhi

Akosha was a consumer complaints redressal platform. We processed more than 3M consumer issues and worked with more than 200+ brands to help them improve their customer experience.

Linklaters

Legal Adviser

Sep 2007 – May 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · On-site

Trainee Solicitor. Part of the India mainstream corporate team dealing with mergers and acquisitions, JVs, structuring etc. Also did seats with equity and debt markets team.
Including a six month secondment to Linklaters, Dubai office - worked on project financing of a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia.