Avinash is of Indian origin but born in Madrid, Spain. He obtained a BA, MA and MSc in Chemical Engineering at University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and M.I.T (where he met his co-founder Benoît). He then worked at Boston Consulting Group in Bogotá, Lima and Miami before co-founding a venture incubated by Rocket Internet in Berlin. Finally, he co-founded Payflow in March 2020.