Ep. 33: Behind the Scenes of SnapTravel's $21m Slam Dunk Series A from Steph Curry with Ankur Bansal, Head of Finance + Business Development
Apr 03, 2019•26 min
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Ankur Bansal, Head of Finance and Business Development at SnapTravel
On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Ankur about:
- His journey into tech after completing the trifecta of management consulting, investment banking and private equity, as well as being a co-founder with an exit to Groupon.
- SnapTravel — what the company does and what is it all about.
- Raising a debt round in conjunction with an equity round. What Steph Curry looks for in his investments.
- How his diverse background of investment banking, consulting and private equity, not to mention being a founder, helped him think about the finance at operations role at SnapTravel.
- The importance of the finance function at a technology company.
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