Sameer Bakhru, CFA
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Toptal member since April 19, 2019
Sameer has led a $100 million franchise partnership. He is a blockchain expert, having worked with crypto startups from social media apps to NFT platforms and P2E games. His experience includes fundraising, tokenomics, whitepapers business strategy, asset sales, corporate finance, and M&A. Sameer has worked with billionaires, private equity firms, and family offices, providing unique insights into investor mindsets. Sameer joined Toptal to add value to a variety of businesses creatively.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Fundraising Presentation
Mixed Use Real Estate Development Investor Deck
Whitepaper & Lightpaper for a Social Media App
Industry Expertise
- Business Services
- Accounting Services
- Multimedia & Graphic Design
- Food Service
- Advertising & Marketing
- Commercial & Residential Construction
- Education
- Finance
Other Expertise
- Cryptocurrency
- Financial Modeling
- Fundraising
- Three-statement Modeling
- Valuation
Work Experience
Founder and CEO
Admantium Blockchain Advisors
- Raised funds for blockchain startups, totaling over $50 million.
- Provided business consulting to startups worldwide, including Asia, the US, and Canada. Served as the CFO for crypto and blockchain startups, managing their fundraising and finance departments.
- Served as the CFO for a proptech company, tokenizing real estate assets globally. Managed corporate finance, budgeting, payroll, and accounting.
- Structured a $15 million Reg D 506(c) profit-participating note offering for a US real estate sponsor, including SPV architecture, broker-dealer coordination, and investor operations workflow.
- Managed end-to-end coordination between securities counsel, FINRA-registered broker-dealers, and issuance platforms to build institutional-grade raise processes for mid-market real estate developers.
- Worked on financial modeling, CFO services, and business set up for a $10 million bitcoin mining operation in Europe. Worked through multiple models of mining, hosting, and sales.
- Constructed the tokenomics and econometric models for a decentralized finance staking platform and assisted in raising $5 million.
- Designed and implemented tokenized securities issuance infrastructure using ERC-compliant platforms for US real estate capital raises.
- Incorporated whitepaper and tokenomics for a stablecoin and borrowing platform.
- Advised real estate developers and fund managers ($20 million to $200 million raise size) on capital raise structuring, investor processing, and subscription-to-disbursement operations.
Founder | Financial Consultant
Pan Venture Consultants
- Worked as the sole financial and business advisor for a $100 million project to create the country franchise of one of the largest youth brands in the world. The mandate was to plan a chain of restaurants, bars, and hotels.
- Sold an under construction four-star hotel end-to-end services from pitch deck and valuation models (discounted cash flow and multiples), investor introduction, deal negotiation to legal financial due diligence, to final closure.
- Executed a 220-key Serviced Apartment Joint Venture, licensing, and management contract. Work included valuation, shareholder, and share subscription agreements negotiation, due diligence facilitation, and management contract negotiations.
- Built the fundraising deck and a fully functional, dynamic financial model showcasing Limited Partners and General Partners Internal Rate of Returns for a $10 million food and beverage fund focused on restaurants, food tech, and food retail.
- Worked on the pitch deck for the sale of the country franchise of one the largest burger chains in the world. Equity finally exited in favor of the international partner.
CFO
OxyApes
- Built out the tokenomics for a runner game, including in-game play, a rewards engine, and fund raised token allocation.
- Participated in raising over $1 million in token sales.
- Set up systems and processes for managing the books of accounts.
Fund Raise Advisor
Omni
- Prepared fundraising collateral, including financial models and business plans. Raised $2.5 million in funding over early backers, seed, private, and IDO on ApolloX.
- Developed the tokenomics covering token supply, allocation, funding rounds, circulating market cap, and vesting schedule.
- Developed budgets and forecasts for projects and tracked their implementation and rationalization of costs.
Founder
Octilli
- Built a website providing online to offline marketing of real jewelry, a novel concept where visitors could search for various products by location and schedule appointments with jewelers in their local area for trials.
- On-boarded 50 jewelers to list their products on the website. Jewelers paid a monthly subscription to list products and market their offline stores.
- Built the entire back end of the website using WordPress and 30 plugins, amended and fine-tuned using PHP.
- Managed the dedicated server used for hosting and the database using relevant management tools.
- Sold the startup to a likeminded entrepreneur who was trying to build a similar concept.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance
International Management Institute - New Delhi, India
Bachelor's Degree in Commerce
Delhi University - New Delhi, India
Certifications
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
Skills
Finance
Revenue & Expense Projections, Accounting, CFO, Three-statement Modeling, Financial Modeling, Fundraising, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Valuation, Blockchain, Startup Funding, Leveraged Buyout Modeling, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Market Research, Corporate Treasury, Seed Fundraising, Forecasting, Cash Flow Modeling, Budgeting, Structuring of Funds, Fund Structure, Investment Memoranda, Crowdinvesting, Financial Risk Analysis, Credit Risk, Credit/Debt, Risk, External Financial Reporting, Internal Financial Reporting, Cash Management, Financial Reporting, Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Profit & Loss (P&L), M&A (Sell-side), Pricing, Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, Financial Advisory, Due Diligence, Private Equity, Wealth Management, Trade Finance, M&A (Buy-side), Private Banking, Financial Regulations, Capital Raising, Business Advisory, Valuation Modeling, Funds Flow, Tax Planning
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
Data & Analysis Software
Crunchbase, Capital IQ, CBInsights, Intuit QuickBooks
Industry Expertise
Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM), Venture Capital, Real Estate, Hospitality, Technology, Restaurants & Dining, Retail & Wholesale, Early-stage Startups, Food & Beverage, Mining, Corporate Structure, Asset Management, Tokenomics, Software, Energy, Banking & Finance, Import/Export, Food, Financial Services, Hotels & Lodging, Franchises, Financial Institutions, Institutional Investors, Real Estate Modeling, Real Estate Investment, Financial Markets, Capital Markets, Commercial Real Estate, Education Technology (Edtech)
Geographic Expertise
India, United States, Dubai, Singapore
Other
Fintech, Business Plan Consulting, Crypto, Pitch Decks, Business Models, eCommerce, Pitch Presentations, Investor Presentations, Finance, Interim CFO, Technology Trends, Cryptocurrency, Fundraising Consultant, Research Reports, Investment Analysis, Market Research & Analysis, Business Planning, Pitch Books, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME), Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Financial Analysis, Revenue Projections, Angel Investing, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Business Modeling, Business Structuring, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Tokenization, Non-fungible Tokens (NFT), ICO, Cash Flow Management, Due Diligence Consultant, Pitch Deck Consultant, Business Strategy, Waterfall Modeling, Fundraising Strategy, Early-stage Funding, Deal Structuring, Financing, Strategy, Startups, Reporting, Board Presentations, Corporate Planning, Digital Asset Management, White Papers, Cryptocurrency Wallets, Software Sales, Restaurant Operations, Foodtech, Financial Writer, Early-stage Venture Capital, Web 3.0, SaaS, Software as a Service (SaaS), Loans & Lending, Digital Product Development, Financial Forecasting, Liquidity Pools, Proptech, Fintech Consultant, Online Banking, Risk Management, Cryptoeconomics, US GAAP, Web3, Metaverse, Term Sheet Advisory, Startup Consulting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll & Benefits, Control & Cost Analysis, Food Delivery Services, Go-to-market Plans, Business Development, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, DCF Modeling, Commercial Strategy, P&L Analysis, Revenue Strategy, Asset Tokenization, CIM, Investment Banking, Teasers, Business Partnerships, Digital Finance, Investor Relations, Partner Management, Growth Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Card Payments, Data Visualization, Initial Coin Offering (ICO), Business Analysis, IT Business Analysis, Digital Product Management, Stakeholder Management, Term Sheet Negotiations, Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF), Family Office, Family Office Consultants, Family Office Management, International Business, Investment Strategy, Investor Relations Consultant, Portfolio Management, Private Capital Markets, Private Equity Consultant, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning & Execution, Business Consulting, Business Model Strategy, Strategy Consulting, Edtech Design, WordPress, Mobile Games, Treasury Management, Treasury & Liquidity Management, Finance Blog, Monte Carlo Simulations, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Networking, Loyalty Programs, Broker Dealers, FINRA, Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Feasibility Studies, Online Marketing, Jewelry, Joint Ventures, Business Proposals, Negotiation, Commerce, Blockchain Platforms, Marketplaces, Gaming, Data Structures
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