SIBA PANDA
SIBA PANDA
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Selective. Meaningful. High-context.

Open to meaningful
opportunities aligned with
building and scaling businesses.

I work with a limited number of businesses and people at any given time. Not as an outside advisor — but as someone who operates inside the problem. If what you're building requires capital clarity, structure, or scale — read on.

Who I work with

Founders

Scaling & Financial Clarity

Post PMF

For founders who have achieved product-market fit and need structure to handle the next phase of growth. I map cash flows, build robust financial systems, establish metrics that matter, and prepare you for institutional capital. If you can't explain your unit economics in 3 minutes, we start there.

  • Cash flow forecasting and working capital
  • Investor readiness and MIS
  • Capital raise preparation and narratives
  • Financial systems that scale with the business
Reach out as a founder

Investors

Portfolio Support

VC · PE · Family Office

Partnering with VC and PE funds to provide hands-on operational and financial leadership to portfolio companies. Ensuring alignment with exit strategies. I've sat on both sides of the table — as a fund CFO managing $400M AUM and as a founder raising capital. I know what each side needs.

  • Hands-on portfolio company support
  • Financial systems and MIS implementation
  • Exit readiness and governance
  • Turnaround and performance improvement
Reach out as an investor

Businesses

Strategy & Optimization

MSMEs · Exporters · GCC

For established businesses looking to optimize unit economics, restructure capital stacks, expand across borders, or simply understand their own numbers. I work with manufacturers, exporters, and India–GCC businesses where the challenge is structure — not effort.

  • Unit economics and margin improvement
  • Capital stack restructuring
  • India–GCC cross-border expansion
  • Bank readiness and credit facilitation
Reach out as a business

Speaking & advisory

I speak at IITs, incubators, and startup conferences on capital strategy, building in India, and founder finance. Topics I cover include:

What founders get wrong about capital
Building a manufacturing platform from India
Financial systems for early-stage startups
India–GCC cross-border business strategy
What investors actually look at (from both sides)
The unfiltered truth about building your first business
Invite Siba to speak

Recent cases

Manufacturing Turnaround

Restructuring a legacy textile manufacturer

Implementing clear unit economics to shift from volume-driven to margin-driven growth. Restructured capital stack and established weekly cash flow governance.

Consumer Scale

Capital strategy for cross-border expansion

Raising and deploying capital efficiently to test and win in GCC markets. Structured the India–UAE holding entity and managed regulatory compliance.

Ready to explore?

Reach out with context — who you are, what you're building, and what you need.

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