Vivek Amarnani

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Built high-impact global teams in fintech.
Successfully raised venture capital for startups.
Achieved significant user growth in multiple products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS product leader with extensive experience in team management and product strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyTeam LeadershipRisk ManagementCustomer ExperienceBusiness StrategyMarket Analysis

Other Skills

Business AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentCategory ManagementComplianceCost ReductionCustomer ServiceData AnalysisGTM StrategyMarket ResearchMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordNPS ImprovementProduct DevelopmentResearchSQL

About

• Founder → Product leader across fintech and consumer tech; 11+ years shipping 0-1 and scaling 1-100 products. • A seasoned leader with experience in building high-impact global teams and critical products solving complex business problems with simplified user-friendly solutions. • Currently tinkering with AI and exploring new challenging product leadership opportunities.

Experience

Rio

Co-Founder & Head of Product

Jan 2023 – Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Built a complex credit-over-UPI product from inception: roadmap, design, engineering, partnerships (NPCI/RuPay, banks), compliance, Infosec, fraud, risk etc.
Drove GTM to reach a 98%+ activation rate enabling spends of $3 million+ per month.
Built a team of 30+ members across functions – engineering, product, growth, operations.
Raised venture capital from premier global VCs, now acquired by a publicly listed company in India.

Product DevelopmentGTM StrategyTeam BuildingComplianceRisk ManagementProduct Strategy+1

Stealth startup

Exploring Fintech

Jul 2022 – Jan 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Explored multiple domains within Fintech before starting Rio

Delivery hero

Senior Product Manager

Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 · 11 mos · Berlin, Germany · On-site

Managed a team of 15+ members across engineering, product, design and GTM for the Digital Sales platform, onboarding 50k+ new vendors monthly across 15+ countries via a self-serve product.
Built a scalable global product operating as distinct individual brands across SEA, MENA, LATAM and EU, generating 25% of the leads across all the regions and improving sales efficiency.

Team ManagementProduct DevelopmentSales StrategyProduct StrategyTeam Leadership

Multiple companies

Angel Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 · 5 yrs · Global

Early stage startup investments:
Otipy - Agritech, fresh fruits and vegetables, farm to fork in a few hours
Syook - SaaS, no code IoT platform based on RTLS (real-time location system)
White Inc - House of digitally native brands
Crypto:
10+ investments across DeFi protocols, Infra projects, and consumer applications.

Go-jek tech

Lead Product Manager

Jun 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Built the merchant promotions platform from 0 - 1 million+ merchants, using our self-serve products to boost their online/offline sales.
Built a cross-functional team of 20+ members across engineering, product, analytics and GTM effectively generating $100 million+ in annual spends on the platform, consistently overachieving the OKRs.

Product DevelopmentTeam ManagementSales StrategyProduct StrategyTeam Leadership

Freshmenu

Product Manager

Aug 2017 – Jun 2018 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led the overall customer experience charter, reducing the overall unit cost/order for the company by 50% and improving Net Promoter Score (NPS) by 20%.

Customer ExperienceCost ReductionNPS ImprovementProduct Strategy

Playment

Founding Member

Jan 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Playment was a B2B SAAS company providing a data annotation platform, acquired by Telus International in 2021.
Conceptualized the product from scratch organically acquiring 100k+ users in the first year of launch.
Built a team of 10+ members to ensure deliverables for first 50+ Enterprise projects, achieving 70% gross margins.

Product DevelopmentTeam ManagementProduct StrategyTeam Leadership

Flipkart

Business Analyst

Jun 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Category Manager (Watches)
Managed a $5 million monthly GMV business for the watches category and achieved a 10% month-on-month growth with a 5% increment in the net margins by building relationships with strategic brands.

Business AnalysisCategory ManagementBusiness StrategyMarket Analysis