Head of Finance, Ridepanda
$140-190k
Online marketplace for electric bikes, scooters, and mopeds
Open for applications
Online marketplace for electric bikes, scooters, and mopeds
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$140-190k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make city life more efficient, happy, and connected, all while being environmentally friendly.
Role
Who you are
- Ideal Background - Worked in finance at a high-growth company, previous experience in investment banking or private equity is a big plus
- Nice‑to‑haves: Forecasting APIs; data warehouses (Fivetran)
What the job involves
- We're seeking a Head of Finance, to lead strategic finance (unit economics, profitability), internal cash management including budgeting and bookkeeping, help in debt and equity capital raise process, as well as be a strategic thought partner to help us grow our business to the next stage
- As the Head of Finance, you'll have the unique opportunity to establish and shape our finance function from the ground up
- Leadership Team - You’re willing to serve as Ridepanda’s senior leader and culture carrier for all things finance, but also to roll up your sleeves and get involved with individual contributor work where necessary
- Strategic Finance - You will lead aspects of Strategic Finance including liquidity and cash management, reporting and performance analysis, planning and forecasting and partnering with all other Departments on Finance initiatives. You will be responsible for building and managing the unit economics and profitability metrics for the company
- Raise & Manage Debt Facilities - You will help in raising both asset-backed and venture debt facilities to support Ridepanda’s growth. You’ll optimize Ridepanda’s debt terms and cost of capital, and maintain compliance with all triggers and covenants. You will lead, build and manage long term partnerships with networks with banks, debt funds and other investors
- Raise Equity - You’ll help in planning the process for Ridepanda’s key growth equity rounds, and ideally have experience raising B+ rounds from top-tier growth equity investors
- Accounting & Taxes - You’ll help manage all accounting processes for the company, manage relationships with external book-keeping vendors and make sure we are always tax-compliant
- Tools you will be using :
- Accounting & Close: QuickBooks Online (or NetSuite)
- Expense / T&E: Ramp (cards + travel portal)
- FP&A / Modeling: Google Sheets, Excel
- BI & Reporting: Metabase
- Payments & Billing: Stripe; Quickbooks
- Revenue Ops / CRM: HubSpot
- Collaboration: Slack, Notion
Our take
Two-wheel electronic vehicles have gone through an explosion recently, with hundreds of different varieties in each category available in the marketplace. While the benefits of electronic light vehicles are obvious - convenience, low running costs, environmentally friendly - it can be difficult for anyone to find the right one for them. Ridepanda, a company of self-described e-ride evangelists, aims to be a one-stop shop to help anyone find and purchase their ideal ride.
As the first online marketplace for micro-mobility, Ridepanda competes mostly against general marketplaces like Amazon and Facebook Marketplace, and against manufacturers' own e-commerce offerings. However, with founders from Lime, Bird and Scoot, the company is experienced in the market and able to curate a wider range of vehicles and effectively target customers. Additionally, it offers a range of support services such as assembly instructions, maintenance tips, repair assistance, and insurance, which are typically offered on a case-by-case basis if at all by competitors.
Ridepanda is focused on the US market for now, particularly in large urban centres, though it has eventual goals to expand. It is also planning a subscription service in the future, tapping into additional markets as demand for electric vehicles continues to grow.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2023
$3.8m
SEED
Jul 2021
$3.8m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $7.5m
Company benefits
- Vision and dental
- Cash bonuses
- Electric vehicles discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Polk Gulch, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Chinmay Malaviya
(CEO & Co-Founder)Having studied at the Haas School of Business, they worked at AIESEC International and INSA Lyon, before co-founding foodpanda in October 2012. They worked at Delivery Hero and Lime for almost 4 years before co-founding Ridepanda in January 2020.
Charlie Depman
(CTO & Co-Founder)Was a software engineer at Bird and Backend Technical Lead at Scoot Networks.
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