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Who is Abhinav Ajgaonkar?
He is a co-founder of CrowdRiff, the Toronto maker of visual content software for travel destinations, and its chief technology officer. CrowdRiff's About page lists him as Co-Founder & CTO alongside Dan Holowack, Co-Founder & CEO (checked September 2026). Leaders Fund, which led CrowdRiff's 2018 Series A, also names Holowack and Ajgaonkar as its founders.
What is his background?
His own about.me page describes him as a graduate of Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and as co-founder and CTO of CrowdRiff.
What is he responsible for at CrowdRiff?
Gibraltar & Company, an investor in CrowdRiff, lists Abhi Ajgaonkar as co-founder and CTO and credits him with the technical architecture of the CrowdRiff platform.
What happened when CrowdRiff raised its Series A?
CrowdRiff announced US$9 million in October 2018, led by Leaders Fund with High Alpha Capital, Gibraltar & Company and BDC Capital's IT Venture Fund. The announcement said the company had grown from its co-founders in the back room of a house to 500 travel and tourism brands. In BetaKit's report, Leaders Fund's Gideon Hayden praised "Dan and Abhi's (Ajgaonkar) vision for the travel industry."