Rahul Mathur
Bengaluru
Summary
Systems-driven thinker with a strong bias for action, excelling in ambiguous environments. Proven ability to create clarity through effective communication, inquiry, and rapid experimentation. Experience as an investor, early-stage founder, and operator in a software company serving millions of users. Thrives in small, focused teams dedicated to specific domains.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief of Staff
Tally Solutions
Bangalore
05.2023 - Current
- Enabled the org to consistently ship two product releases per year by introducing the first leadership quarterly review process to drive priority clarity and follow-through. Process still in use today (4+ quarters later).
- Influenced the product roadmap through insights derived from 100+ customer conversations and evaluation of 50+ acquisition and partnership opportunities.
- Maintained execution velocity through 2–3 senior leadership transitions by tightening decision-making and ownership, preventing drift during periods that would otherwise slow product and business momentum.
- Improved leadership prioritization by introducing a revenue-impact-based risk model that surfaced material risks early, enabling proactive mitigation across Product, People, and GTM.
- Played a key role in the FY24–25 annual planning process, ensuring revenue targets, budgets, and goals were aligned and closed with minimal delay.
Founder
Munch
Pune
08.2020 - 12.2022
- Conducted over 200 customer interviews to identify problem statements and motivations in personal finance market.
- Pivoted focus to freelancer and micro-business financial management due to urgent needs.
- Launched MVP within three months, collaborating with a single engineer (co-founder).
- Developed CRM/outreach tool, reducing outreach time from three hours to ten minutes daily.
- Scaled user base to over 1,000 users and 100 paying customers without any marketing spend.
- Built engaged social media following of more than 1,000 followers through organic content strategies.
- Disproved initial thesis that income instability in freelancers necessitated business operations tools as essential.
Investment Associate
Kingfish Group
05.2017 - 08.2020
- Evaluated 200+ mid-market transactions across sectors, targeting mature companies with EBITDA of $3-4 million and revenue exceeding $100 million.
- Advanced two deals to LOI stage, directing due diligence process leading to ultimately rejecting proposals.
- Established foundational deal sourcing engine, generating over 200 proprietary, high-quality deals.
Education
CFA Charter - Securities And Investment Analysis
CFA Institute
United States06-2018
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Symbiosis School of Economics
Pune, India04-2015
Skills
- Product roadmapping
- Decision making
- Strategic planning
- Customer insights
- Project management
- Microsoft Office
- Basic Programming (Python, C)
Timeline
Chief of Staff
Tally Solutions
05.2023 - Current
Founder
Munch
08.2020 - 12.2022
Investment Associate
Kingfish Group
05.2017 - 08.2020
CFA Charter - Securities And Investment Analysis
CFA Institute
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Symbiosis School of Economics