Venkatesh Viswanathan

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 10 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Cracked down frauds worth $4 Billion.
  • Co-founded India's first B2B credit wallet.
  • Led Supply Chain Financing at Flexiloans.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in financial forensics and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentFintechFinancial ForensicsFraud Investigation

Other Skills

AnalyticsB2B credit walletBusiness AnalysisBusiness StrategyCapital MarketsCorporate DevelopmentCorporate FinanceData AnalysisERP integrationEmergency WalletEmerging MarketsFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModelingLBOManagement Consulting

About

Venkatesh lives to hustle and innovate. He is driven by the passion to work and solve problems for businesses. Venkatesh started his career with financial forensics and global trade consulting. In the first 3 years of his career itself, he helped crack down frauds worth $4 Billion across a wide spectrum of industries and geographies. He later co-founded Creditperiod.com, India’s first B2B credit wallet to help SME buyers avail credit for procurement of goods & services while sellers get paid immediately. CreditPeriod was later acquired by Flexiloans - one of India’s leading ecosystem based Fintech Lenders. Venkatesh now leads the Supply Chain Financing & E-commerce Businesses at Flexiloans and plays a critical role in working across functions such as Business Development, Product, Process, Underwriting and Technology.

Experience

Terra91

All Things Business

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Zetwerk

Head - Commodity Trading

Dec 2020Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Flexiloans

2 roles

Vice President (Head - Supply Chain Financing, Retailer Financing & E-Commerce Financing)

Promoted

May 2019Nov 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

Assistant Vice President (Head - Supply Chain Financing & Channel Partner Vertical)

Mar 2017May 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Creditperiod.com (acquired by flexiloans)

Co-Founder

Feb 2015Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Epiflux.com: A B2B Raw Material Procurement Platform for SMEs
  • Achieved orders worth Rs. 25 crores+ within 6 months of roll-out
  • Catered to the needs of customers across 3 states supplying raw material for a wide range of applications from building India's tallest residential building to manufacturing explosives for the Indian Army.
  • Forged exclusive partnerships with 6 Banks / NBFCs including HDFC, Axis Bank, SBI Factors, Religare to roll out specially crafted credit solutions for raw material procurement
  • Creditperiod.com: India’s first B2B credit wallet which enables buyers to avail credit of up to 90 days for procurement of goods & services while sellers get paid immediately
  • Evolved a dynamic credit assessment tool by getting real-time customer data through ERP integration
  • Partnered with 2 NBFCs ensuring a speedy roll-out while we applied for our own Factoring NBFC License
  • Launched India’s first “Emergency Wallet” for SMEs to tide over short-term liquidity crunches
  • Creditperiod.com was acquired by FlexiLoans
B2B credit walletcredit assessment toolERP integrationcredit solutionsEmergency WalletBusiness Development+1

Fintech solutions

Founder & Head (Financial Forensics Practice)

May 2012Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Fintech Solutions, is the Financial Forensics Vertical of the Zeal Group
  • Unearthed & reported frauds over $ 4 billion across a wide spectrum of industries & geographies
  • Led a team of investigators to Dubai & unearthed a US$ 360 million international trade fraud spanning 5 countries, 10 companies & 13 banks, amongst many other cases
  • Detected $280mn fraud at world’s largest manufacturer of castor oil & derivatives just after PE infusion
  • Key role in formulating “Forensic Audit Policy” for State Bank of India, the first ever such initiative by an Indian Bank
  • Worked in close cooperation with various governmental investigative agencies, post reporting of frauds
fraud detectionforensic audit policyteam leadershipFinancial ForensicsFraud Investigation

Zeal group

Vice President - New Ventures

May 2012Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Family-run Business comprising of 4 verticals - Financial Forensics, Manufacturing, Global Trade & Consulting
  • Zeal Plast Private Limited (Manufacturing)
  • Manufacturing entity in the rigid packaging space
  • Managed day-to-day functions on the shop-floor
  • Member of the team engaged in planning & implementation of expansion plans
  • Curtailed Cap-Ex by redesigning & procuring machineries at one-third the market cost
  • Mooted idea to exit vertical, got management & employee buy in, successfully spearheaded exit process
  • Vervevit Vista (Global Trade)
  • Conducted ground work on making in-roads in the Import Export Sector to capitalize on the wide and strong network of potential suppliers we have in India.
  • As a part of the initiative, represented India as a part of a Business Delegation at Tri-nation Summit (Turkey-Yemen-India) at Sakarya, Turkey
  • Also, established partners in the Middle East & Turkey during visits to Dubai & Istanbul to further the cause of Import Export
  • Mahalakshmi Associates (Consulting)
  • A Turn-key Project Consultancy Firm aimed at setting up new industries & reviving defunct ones
  • Closely monitored 3 financially stressed companies to facilitate turnaround

Quetzal verify pvt ltd

Project Associate

Dec 2010Jan 2011 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Quetzal is an Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad alumni run ‘Human Capital Management firm’
  • Worked on ‘Business Development and Operations’ for Quetzal’s key multi-national clients
  • Clinched deals with 3 multi-billion dollar companies – Orix Auto, Alfa Laval & Wartsila
  • Adjudged “entrepreneurial, structured & far ahead of peers in organizational & business skills”
  • Conducted pre-sales research on 240 potential clients and reached out to 60 organisations
  • Developed detailed road-map for Quetzal’s future Business Development Strategy

Arcelormittal

Summer Intern

Jun 2010Jul 2010 · 1 mo

  • ArcelorMittal Temirtau, is the world's largest integrated steel plant & part of the ArcelorMittal Group, which is the world's largest integrated Steel & Mining company
  • Performance was adjudged “Best in the Batch” among 20 interns
  • Developed system for automation of processes using Siemens Step 7 software for PLC Controllers
  • Worked with local staff on shop floor & at administrative level overcoming the language barrier
  • Studied the local economy & explored various business opportunities in Kazakhstan

Education

CFA Institute

CFA Level III — Finance and Financial Management Services

Jan 2013Jan 2017

The LNM Institute of Information Technology

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Computer Science & Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Powai, Mumbai

CBSE (12th Grade)

Jan 2006Jan 2008

Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai, Mumbai

ICSE (10th Grade)

Jan 1992Jan 2006

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