Gururaja is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also a commerce graduate and has 2 decades of experience post qualification. He has earlier worked with M/s A F Ferguson & Co., Chartered Accountants (now a part of the Deloitte). Has experience in handling statutory, internal and process audits of Companies like Hindustan Unilever Limited, ITC Limited, Tata Tetley Limited, KSB Pumps Limited and Bosch Limited. He was the Chief Finance Officer of Medi Assist TPA India Private Limited, a leading Third-Party Administrator of Health insurance claim. He assists several startups in setting up processes, assist them in preparing business plans, helps them understand the revenue and cost models, assist them in determining valuations etc.