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    Sriram Chidambaram

    Sriram Chidambaram

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Leadership

    Sriram Chidambaram is the Founder & Managing Partner at SRF Capital Studio. He specializes in strategy, capital, and resilience for startups, serving as a Fractional CFO, Venture Partner, and Strategic Finance Leader. With extensive experience in venture building and strategic advisory, he guides startups from concept to scale.

    • Strategic Finance
    • Fractional CFO
    • Venture Partnership
    • Startup Strategy
    • Capital Advisory
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    The studio Sriram leads

    Strategy Consulting / Labs

    Defines the overall direction of the business and ensures its execution through structured interventions: long-term strategic thinking combined with sprint-based execution. From market entry and growth strategy to business model validation, this pod anchors decision-making, translates vision into actionable roadmaps, and keeps every initiative guided by a unified strategic intent.

    Led by Karthik Beknal

    Investment Banking

    Manages all capital-related activities: fundraising, investor engagement and strategic transactions. The pod works on positioning, financial storytelling and investor communication, advises on valuation, deal structuring and negotiation strategy, and focuses on enabling access to the right capital at the right time while maximising long-term value.

    Led by Haripriya V

    Financial Planning & Analysis

    Drives financial planning, forecasting and performance tracking across the business. The pod translates strategic plans into detailed financial models and budgets, continuously monitors performance against targets, and supports scenario analysis and strategic decisions through financial insight. The focus is visibility, predictability and proactive financial management.

    Led by Karthik Beknal

    FinOps: CFO Office

    Ensures financial discipline through strong control mechanisms and structured reporting. The pod manages cash flows, financial operations and compliance from a controllership lens, and builds the systems, internal controls and reporting frameworks that support scale and governance, so that financial health, operational efficiency and control hold across the organisation.

    Led by Srikar Kedarisetty

    Due Diligence

    Evaluates the credibility, risks and overall readiness of a business, particularly around investments and strategic decisions. A deep dive into financials, operations, market positioning and supporting documentation to identify red flags and validate assumptions. The pod builds investor confidence by ensuring the business stands up to scrutiny.

    Led by CA Mallavarjalla Mounika

    Compliance: Company Secretary

    Keeps the business operating within regulatory frameworks with strong governance practices: legal compliance, corporate governance and statutory requirements. The pod builds structures that enhance accountability and transparency, works closely with finance and operations to ensure adherence across functions, and establishes the policies that support long-term scalability.

    Led by CS Manavi Arora

    Founder's Office & HR

    People operations, internal coordination and strategic initiatives across the organisation, aligning teams, managing workflows and driving the operational efficiency that keeps every pod moving in the same rhythm.

    Led by Sai Prasanna

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