Venkatesh Viswanathan — Co-Founder
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.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in financial forensics and business development.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 13 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Business Development
- Fintech
- Financial Forensics
- Fraud Investigation
Career Highlights
- Cracked down frauds worth $4 Billion.
- Co-founded India's first B2B credit wallet.
- Led Supply Chain Financing at Flexiloans.
Work Experience
TERRA91
All Things Business (1 yr 8 mos)
Zetwerk
Head - Commodity Trading (5 yrs 3 mos)
FlexiLoans
Vice President (Head - Supply Chain Financing, Retailer Financing & E-Commerce Financing) (1 yr 6 mos)
Assistant Vice President (Head - Supply Chain Financing & Channel Partner Vertical) (2 yrs 2 mos)
CreditPeriod.com (acquired by FlexiLoans)
Co-Founder (2 yrs 1 mo)
Fintech Solutions
Founder & Head (Financial Forensics Practice) (2 yrs 9 mos)
Zeal Group
Vice President - New Ventures (2 yrs 8 mos)
Quetzal Verify Pvt Ltd
Project Associate (1 mo)
ArcelorMittal
Summer Intern (1 mo)
Education
CFA Level III at CFA Institute
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at The LNM Institute of Information Technology
CBSE (12th Grade) at Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Powai, Mumbai
ICSE (10th Grade) at Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai, Mumbai