# Abhinay Peddisetty

> Abhinay Peddisetty is the Jakarta-based co-founder and CEO of BukuWarung, founded with Chinmay Chauhan in 2019 to provide digital bookkeeping and financial tools for Indonesian microbusinesses. A former business leader at Carousell and founding team member at Belong.co, he connects his choice of customers to his mother’s small business in India. BukuWarung joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch and announced a $60 million Series A in June 2021.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at BukuWarung
- **Organizations:** BukuWarung, Carousell, Belong.co, Near
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Startup accelerator, Summer 2020 batch (BukuWarung), Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded BukuWarung in 2019 after more than three months of field research with over 400 merchants., Led BukuWarung through Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch., BukuWarung reported 6.5 million registered merchants across 750 cities in August 2021.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2019** — Worked at Near; became a founding team member and head of business at Belong.co, then head of enterprise business at Carousell.
- **2019** — Co-founded BukuWarung with former Carousell colleague Chinmay Chauhan.
- **2020** — BukuWarung raised seed funding led by East Ventures and joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch.
- **2021** — BukuWarung announced a $60 million Series A led by Valar Ventures and Goodwater Capital; total funding reached $80 million.

## Achievements

- Co-founded BukuWarung in 2019 after more than three months of field research with over 400 merchants.
- Led BukuWarung through Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch.
- BukuWarung reported 6.5 million registered merchants across 750 cities in August 2021.
- BukuWarung announced $80 million in cumulative funding by June 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Teknologi.id published a profile describing his work as BukuWarung’s founder and CEO.
- **2022-03** — Publicly credited his mother as the inspiration for building BukuWarung in an International Women’s Day tribute.
- **2021-08** — BukuWarung marked two years and reported 6.5 million merchant users.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abh1nay/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/abh1nay

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