# Srinivas Sarkar

> Srinivas Sarkar is the co-founder and CEO of Coupl, a Y Combinator-backed neobank built for couples in India. After a stint as a management consultant at EY and a Founder in Residence run at Entrepreneur First, he set out to fix a gap he kept noticing: banking products for couples had not kept pace with how couples actually live. Coupl offers a zero-balance digital joint account that opens in under a minute and serves married, unmarried, and LGBTQ+ partners alike. The company has grown to 80,000+ couples and 300+ crore in transactions without paid advertising. Sarkar is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree, an Entrepreneur 35 Under 35 listee, a BITS Pilani alumnus, and a three-time TEDx speaker.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Coupl
- **Organizations:** Coupl, Entrepreneur First, EY, The 1% Club
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** BITS Pilani
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree (2024, Finance & Venture Capital), Entrepreneur 35 Under 35 (2024), BITS Global 30 Under 30

## Career timeline

- **pre-2021** — Senior management consultant at EY, advising internet-first companies and fast-growing unicorn startups on cost optimization and operational efficiency
- **2021-2022** — Founder in Residence at Entrepreneur First, where he met co-founder Kushagra Manglik
- **2022** — Co-founded Coupl; accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch
- **2022** — Raised seed funding; backed by Y Combinator and Entrepreneur First Global Fund
- **2023** — Coupl publicly launched its neobank for couples in September
- **2024** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (Finance & Venture Capital) and Entrepreneur 35 Under 35
- **2024-2025** — Coupl scales to 80,000+ couples and 300+ crore in transactions with zero advertising spend

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree (2024, Finance & Venture Capital)
- Entrepreneur 35 Under 35 (2024)
- BITS Global 30 Under 30
- Co-founded and scaled Coupl to 80,000+ couples and 300+ crore in transactions
- Built organic growth to 5,000+ pin codes across India with zero advertising spend
- Selected into Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch
- Three-time TEDx speaker

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Named to the Entrepreneur 35 Under 35 list
- **2024** — Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in Finance & Venture Capital
- **2024** — Coupl reported 80,000+ couples and 300+ crore in transactions with no ad spend

## Links

- Website: https://coupl.money
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-sarkar

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