About Us
We offer a deeply personalized approach, providing objective, customized advice, seamless wealth management, and exclusive access to private investments, all designed to help clients reach their goals and build lasting wealth.
Our Vision
Our Mission
MEET the founders
Manisha Rastogi
A visionary & motivator, Manisha, first, brings to the table a positive air of belief in the business goals. This coupled with her assertiveness & proacWomensature sets the wheels moving. A meticulous planner, she works out every detail. A weird mix of persistence & impatience keeps her restless until your targets are reality.
A MMS in Marketing, Manisha had a 10-year stint at Matsushita Electric Works & Sify where she gained experience in creating distribution network, managing franchisees, increasing retail sales, handling new product/service launches & conceptualizing innovative BTL activities. Manisha created bridging gaps in 2010 with the aim of transforming the way businesses sell.
Accolades:
- Speaker at Unplugged by Tedx gateway on Art of Execution in 2019
- Core team member of the Indian Womens Business Club since 2019
- State Vice Chairperson, Maharashtra : Womens Empowerment & Entrepreneurship -Confederation of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprise since 2020
Salil Arekar
Equipped with an analytical mind and clear task-driven thinking, Salil simplifies things, making everything complex easy to implement. He sets high standards for efficiency and consistency; at the same time, he is practical enough to acknowledge the caveats facing any execution and is a great team player.
Professional experience: Salil started his career with hard-core sales at Standard Chartered Bank and moved up the ladder in HDFC Ltd. mastering the skills for Customer service & Credit assessment. He then worked for the 2 biggest telecom giants, namely, Vodafone and Reliance where he excelled at risk management, credit evaluation, operations management, analytics, team management & process management. After 8 years in this industry, his true calling beckoned. It was time to channelize the learning gained from experiences of so many years towards a single focused element: IMPLEMENTATION.
Accolades:
- Member of Business Networking International – BNI from 2014 to 2023
QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST, QUALITY YOU DESERVE?
We are a team of people with over 10 years of experience in the industry. This means that every time you come to us with a question or need help with your business, you can rest assured that we will know what it takes to get your business up and running.
OUR PROCESS IS SIMPLE BUT VERY EFFECTIVE
The process starts by getting an understanding of what your business needs help with. Once that’s understood, we’ll narrow down on what needs to be done and set out a plan for execution that will yield the best results possible!
We make dreams happen
WE HELP YOU GROW
With BridgingGaps, you can get advice from mentors, participate in workshops, learn about the latest trends and technologies, find out about different Sales models that work – everything that will help you reach your potential.
THE RIGHT MENTOR FOR YOU
With the right mentors on the platform, BridgingGaps has something for everyone – be it a marketing guru or an accountant. You will always find someone who has the expertise to share the sales strategies that work in your industry.
MENTORS WITH REAL EXPERIENCE
At BridgingGaps, we work with only those who have been where you are now or those who have been there before. You can be sure that all our mentors have what it takes to make your dreams come true!
“Our purpose is to help people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all.”
John Smith
2024 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report
- 2025
Here's How We Got Started
Fiduciary
A commitment to acting in your best interest for long-term financial wellbeing.
Integrated
Comprehensive wealth services, tailored solutions, and exclusive alternative investments.
Highly Personalized
A customized approach driven by proactive ideas and strategic problem-solving.
Experienced
A highly dedicated team, supported by our extensive network of trusted professionals,
The Begining
Our story begins in 1950, when John Doe founded our third-generation financial planning firm.
Acquisition
Finovate has been acquired by NM Holdings, LP, a financial services distribution company, to drive future growth and support ongoing mergers and acquisitions plans.
Partnership
Finovate has formed a partnership with Meks Capital Group, LLC, a financial services holding company, to drive continued growth through mergers and acquisitions.
Expansion
Finovate has been acquired by Move Holdings, LP, a financial services distribution company, to fuel future growth and advance ongoing mergers and acquisitions strategies.