# Arjun Mangla

> Arjun Mangla is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fulcrum, an AI-powered workflow automation platform that is quietly transforming how commercial insurance brokers operate. A Columbia-trained computer scientist turned McKinsey consultant, Mangla left a high-flying advisory career to tackle one of corporate America's most overlooked inefficiencies: the manual, error-prone drudgery of insurance policy checking and proposal generation. Under his leadership, Fulcrum has captured nearly a third of the top 50 U.S. insurance brokers as customers, raised $25M in total funding led by CRV, and grown revenue 5x in six months - all by making insurance brokers dramatically faster and more accurate without replacing the humans who know their clients.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Fulcrum
- **Organizations:** Fulcrum, Columbia University, McKinsey & Company, Uber, Setter, Plated
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** CBSE Diploma (High School), Modern School, Vasant Vihar, Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Philosophy, Columbia University, Master of Science - Computer Science, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Fulcrum, capturing nearly 1/3 of the top 50 U.S. insurance brokers as customers, Raised $25M in total funding (Seed + $18.75M Series A) led by CRV, Grew Fulcrum revenue 5x in six months (2025-2026)

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Enrolled at Columbia University, studying Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Philosophy
- **2017** — Software Engineer internship at Plated
- **2018** — Software Engineer internship at Uber
- **2019** — Graduated Columbia with BS; joined Setter as Product Manager
- **2020** — Completed MS in Computer Science at Columbia; joined McKinsey & Company as Business Analyst
- **2020** — Met Sambhav Anand (future Fulcrum co-founder) at Columbia while serving as a teaching assistant
- **2023** — Left McKinsey to co-found Fulcrum with Sambhav Anand, targeting commercial insurance workflow automation
- **2023** — Featured in YourStory as part of a story about Indian entrepreneurs building enterprise tech in the U.S.
- **2024** — Fulcrum reached enterprise product-market fit with just 12 employees; captured ~30% of the top 50 U.S. insurance brokers
- **2025** — Revenue expanded 5x in six months; Fulcrum executing 2,500+ hours of manual work daily for brokerage teams
- **2026-01** — Fulcrum raised $18.75M Series A led by CRV, bringing total funding to $25M; company grew to 43 employees

## Achievements

- Co-founded Fulcrum, capturing nearly 1/3 of the top 50 U.S. insurance brokers as customers
- Raised $25M in total funding (Seed + $18.75M Series A) led by CRV
- Grew Fulcrum revenue 5x in six months (2025-2026)
- Scaled Fulcrum to 43 employees from initial 12 at product-market fit
- Fulcrum executes 2,500+ hours of manual insurance work every day for brokers
- Reduced insurance policy delivery time from 15+ days to same-day
- Cut proposal generation time from 6-8 hours to under 2 hours
- Achieved SOC 2 certification for enterprise security compliance
- Joined the Big 'I' Agents Council for Technology (ACT)
- Named as a 'quietly impressive startup transforming the top 100 insurance brokers in the US'

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Fulcrum raised $18.75M Series A led by CRV, with participation from South Park Commons, Foundation Capital, and prominent insurance and tech angels. Total funding reached $25M.
- **2026-01** — Fulcrum joined the Big 'I' Agents Council for Technology (ACT), marking a milestone in industry recognition.
- **2025-12** — Fulcrum revenue expanded 5x in six months, driven by strong word-of-mouth among enterprise insurance brokers.
- **2025-09** — Fulcrum crossed the milestone of executing 2,500+ hours of manual insurance work per day across brokerage teams.

## Links

- Website: https://withfulcrum.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunmangla
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ManglaArjun
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arjunmangla/

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Last updated: 2026-05-14