# Avi Patchava

> Avi Patchava is the Bengaluru-based co-founder and co-CEO of Bright Money. Educated at Oxford and the London School of Economics, he worked in McKinsey’s advanced analytics practice and led data science and machine learning at InMobi before co-founding Bright in 2019. His public writing spans scientific reasoning, leadership, economics and poetry.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Bright Money
- **Organizations:** Bright Money, InMobi, McKinsey & Company, Entrepreneurs’ Club London
- **Education:** MA (Hons), Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, MSc Philosophy, including Advanced Logic, Set Theory and Philosophy of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc Economics (Research), London School of Economics and Political Science
- **Known for:** Co-founded Bright Money in 2019., Launched InMobi’s machine-learning academy; his professional biography reports 800 participants and 150 engineer graduates., Launched an InMobi university research program involving four universities.

## Career timeline

- **2003-2006** — Studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford.
- **2011-2013** — Chaired the Harrow Entrepreneurs & Investors Club managing committee in London.
- **2013-2017** — Senior Engagement Manager and Advanced Analytics Expert at McKinsey & Company.
- **2017-2019** — Vice-President, Data Sciences and Machine Learning at InMobi.
- **2019** — Co-founded Bright Money.
- **2021** — Bright announced a $31 million Series A in September.
- **2022** — Confirmed Bright’s July restructuring and layoffs.
- **2023** — Bright announced $12 million in equity and a separate $50 million debt facility in September.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Bright Money in 2019.
- Launched InMobi’s machine-learning academy; his professional biography reports 800 participants and 150 engineer graduates.
- Launched an InMobi university research program involving four universities.
- Taught the data science session for Sequoia’s Surge startup program, as documented in his 2019 speaker biography.

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — Bright announced $12 million in equity funding and a $50 million debt facility; Patchava reported sixfold growth over the preceding year.
- **2023-05** — Appeared in Bright Money’s LinkedIn video about company values.

## Links

- Website: https://bigdatasmalldataworld.wordpress.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avi-patchava-b49a012/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/avipatch

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