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Akbar Poonawala is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Pivot Investment Partners with over ten years of experience investing in and supporting high-potential Growth Equity-stage FinTech and InsureTech companies. The firm leverages the capital and operating expertise of its team to accelerate the success and growth of its portfolio companies. Akbar focuses on payments, transaction processing, risk and compliance solutions, alternative credit, wealth management platforms, capital markets technology, and insurance technology. He is a board member, advisor, and mentor to several FinTech startups and organizations, supporting innovative entrepreneurs in transforming the financial services industry with disruptive technologies and business models.
Location: New York, NY
Country: India
Industries: Not available
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Pivot Investment Partners (Akbar Poonawala co-founder) has announced investments in 2025: OneVest (Jan 29, 2025), Docyt (Aug 7, 2025), and Traydstream (Aug 27/25 Aug 2025). The most recent known investment linked to him/firm is Aug 27, 2025 (Traydstream funding) which is less than 6 months before the reference date. Therefore classify as very-active. The startup name found: Traydstream.
Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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