About

12 years of moving founders forward. Now, as an operating system.

Founder LC is the technology venture of Startup Movers Private Limited, a startup services firm established in 2014, serving founders from start to scale. We've spent over a decade running founders' journeys manually, thousands of times over. Founder LC is that experience, built into a platform.

The track record

Rolling Out.

  • 12+ years moving founders forward
  • 5,000+ startups served since 2014
  • USD 1B+ raised by our founders
  • 600+ companies started every month
  • 300+ fundraise rounds supported
  • 150+ professionals: CAs, CSs, lawyers, MBAs
  • 10 Shark Tank India companies
  • 3 unicorns among our clients

Leadership

Senior Consultant

CA Sambhav Mehrotra

First-attempt CA and certified DISA professional with over 15 years of experience specialising in startups. Has advised 500+ founders on financial frameworks, compliance and legal strategies, with deep understanding of investors' and founders' mindsets.

Head, Business Advisory

CA Sarthak Goyal

Chartered Accountant with over a decade of experience in business consulting, virtual CFO, internal audits and strategic advisory. Leads the business advisory and business development functions, specialising in optimising processes, governance and sustainable growth.

Secretarial Consultant

CS Akash Goel

Company Secretary and First Class commerce graduate with deep experience in corporate law, holding an NCFM diploma in Financial Markets and Corporate Governance. Leads secretarial and legal compliance across the platform.

Advisors

Co-founder and Bengaluru Head

CA Sridhar Subramanian

Chartered Accountant and IFRS diploma holder from ACCA UK, with over 25 years of experience in large corporations. Manages the Bengaluru and Chennai clientele and leads interactions with existing and potential entrepreneurs.

Co-founder and Delhi Head

Manoj Singh

Heads client accounting across the firm, leading the team that handles the books for startups in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru. Has facilitated inter-client interactions and business development within the clientele.

Head, Assurance and Direct Taxation

CA Avinash Kumar Rao

Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in assurance, direct taxation and transaction advisory. Has led complex statutory audits for NBFCs, banks and investor-backed companies. Advises on cross-border taxation and is a regular contributor to Taxmann and Taxguru, with views featured in The Economic Times and Times of India.

Head, GST and Indirect Taxation

CA Arjun Sobti

Chartered Accountant with 8+ years in indirect taxation, GST, customs, foreign trade policy and special economic zones. Provides end-to-end solutions across audit, accounting, direct taxation and customs, working closely with startups on their indirect tax matters.

Advisor

Anuj Jain

Founder of Opfin, acquired by Razorpay and now RazorpayX Payroll. Brings hands-on founder and exit experience, helping startups navigate payroll, fintech and scaling challenges with insights from building a company through to a successful acquisition.


Why we're building this

India creates over a thousand new startups every month, and every one of them deserves to run on infrastructure, not on spreadsheets, email threads and memory. We've spent 12 years learning what founders need at every stage. Founder LC is that knowledge, made into an operating system for every founder in India.

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