Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Lightspeed Faction is an independent blockchain-focused fund in a JV with Lightspeed.

Mar 2021 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Leading growth, partnerships & onboarding initiatives for Coinbase Prime.
• Key clients include retail (HNI), institutional (hedge fund, VC, family offices) and commerce (custodial merchants)
• Managing a team of PMs, designers, engineers and Ops to unify customer experiences and externalise through APIs the Coinbase suite of products including Prime Broker, Private Client, Exchange and Custody for US and international markets

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Rally Cap is a global venture collective of operators, founders and VCs collaboratively sourcing, investing in and advising early stage Fintechs in emerging markets
• Venture Partner at APAC Fund helping emerging entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific region. Key investments:
• Koshex (seed): YC(S21): Wealthfront of India. Building a B2C + B2B enterprise solution to enable other companies offer fintech products
• Gilded (seed): Building the infrastructure for blockchain powered businesses to effortlessly accept payments, pay team members, and deliver on financial reporting requirements. Co-investing with Bonfire Ventures.
• Sat.ws (seed): Fintech SaaS tool used primarily by lenders to access permissioned tax data from the Mexican tax authority (the SAT)

Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 · 11 mos

• Working on launching Venmo Crypto with Paxos.
• 0 to 1 built a two-sided community between casual sellers and Venmo consumers (business profiles)

May 2019 – Apr 2020 · 11 mos

• Responsible for the P&L, revenue growth & business execution at Venmo.
• Collaborated with various teams to ensure successful adoption, performance and scale of emerging product lines such as Venmo Credit Card, and managing 3rd party data aggregator & vendor relationships such as Plaid, Twilio, Kount, Identity providers etc.

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

• Mentoring fintech and enterprise SaaS startups in Batch 12 & 13 Selection Day

Sep 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

• Cryptechie brings perspectives and deep drives around crypto, fintech and growth investing in US and emerging markets
• Select portfolio (focusing on fintech, B2B SaaS & crypto infrastructure):
• 1. Phyllo (seed): Plaid for creator economy. Led by Nexus Venture Partners.
• 2. Kalagato (seed): Sell Your Mobile App Within 30 Days. Led by 9Unicorns
• 3. Neo.tax (seed+): Embedded B2B taxes for early-stage startups. Led by Infinity Ventures.
• 4. Quidli (seed): Crypto micro-rewards. Future of Work token.
• 6. 3Box Labs, Ceramic (Series A): a decentralized open-source data platform for web3 dapps. Co-led by USV and Multicoin.
• 7. Goldfinch: Decentralized credit platform for crypto loans without collateral. Led by a16z
• 8. Anfin (pre-seed): YC W22; Robinhood for Vietnam
• 9. Yummy (seed): YC 21; 'super app of Venezuela' now expanding to 15+ cities
• 10. Copper (seed+): Banking for Teens
• 11. Chainalysis (Series A)
• 12. Ridian: Automated crypto investing
• 13. Xalts - Crypto ETF products for institutiona
• 14. Invisible Universe: Pixar for Web 3
• 15. Kyd Lab: NFT ticketing platform
• 16. Authentic: blockchain-powered asset management
• 17. DAOLens (seed): Onboarding for DAOs
• 18. Harbor: Building production-ready staging environments for web3.0 companies
• 19. Magna: Carta for Web3 (TokenOps platform)
• 20. Stan: Rarible for e-sports in India
• 21. Frontier: Mobile-first DeFi aggregation platform
• 23. Brygde: Bridging, swapping, and buying bundled into one click.
• Others
• Gitlab (2015 seed; YC fund W15)
• Uala (late stage): Argentine personal finance management app
• Ziina (seed)
• Kidato (seed)
• Mulberry Technology (Series A)
• Outschool
• Grin (seed): Influencer Marketing Software Platform
• Ontop.ai (seed)
• Lob
• Mulberry
• MarketFeed
• Synctera
• Umba
• SuperPlastic
• Accern
• Sugar Cosmetic (exited)

Nov 2018 – Apr 2019 · 5 mos · Greater Chicago Area

• ShipBob is a tech-enabled fulfillment service helping companies that don't have substantial resources or funding to achieve "Amazon-scale" logistics. Shipbob raised $40m in Series C funding in 2018, and is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator and others.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · Greater Chicago Area

• Recognized among '75 Top Illinois EdTech Companies and Startups of 2021'
• We are on a mission to break down barriers to top higher-education programs and careers through on-demand mentoring. MyMBACircle is a leading platform for job and education applicants to find affordable mentorship support with over 120 students and alumni from top 25 global b-schools and companies. This platform connects curated mentors from the top of their field with applicants who are seeking guidance throughout their career and education journey but lack the network or finances to get support.

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

• As part of BCG's consulting team, I helped large Financial Institutions in India design and implement fintech lending practices through partnerships with tech players such as Uber, Amazon and leading retail franchisors

Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 · 4 yrs · Bangalore, India

• Key areas of work - Commercial Due Diligence (M&A and PE deals), Market Entry Strategy, Growth Strategy (Organic and Inorganic), Business Plan (Financial Model) Development and Review, Partner/Target Search assignments.