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Pranay Agrawal: co-founder and CEO of Fractal

A banker who co-founded an analytics company and ran it as CEO.

Pranay Agrawal is a co-founder of Fractal Analytics. He became CEO in November 2016. Fractal was founded in 2000 by him and Srikanth Velamakanni, and it works on AI and analytics for large companies.

He earned an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1998 and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Bangalore. He is a certified Financial Risk Manager. His early jobs were in finance, at ICICI Bank and ANZ Grindlays Bank.

Under his time as CEO, Fractal bought 4i Inc in 2017 and Final Mile in 2018. It also spun off Qure.ai and Cuddle.ai. In January 2019 Apax Partners invested $200 million.

In January 2022 TPG invested $360 million, which made Fractal a unicorn. The company listed on 16 February 2026 after an IPO of about Rs 2,834 crore.

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Who is Pranay Agrawal of Fractal Analytics?

Pranay Agrawal is a co-founder of Fractal Analytics and has been its CEO since November 2016. Fractal was founded in 2000 with Srikanth Velamakanni.

Where did Pranay Agrawal study?

He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, conferred in 1998, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Bangalore. He is also a certified Financial Risk Manager. IIM Ahmedabad gave him a Young Alumni Achiever award for 2018-19.

What did Pranay Agrawal do before Fractal?

He worked in banking. His listed employers are ICICI Bank and ANZ Grindlays Bank.

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