Akash Mehta — CEO

Product leader building multi-product investing platforms at scale across smallcase & Tickertape. 10+ years of experience building and scaling multi-product investment platforms serving millions of retail investors. I lead product across smallcase (Model Portfolios, Mutual Funds, Platform Experience) and Tickertape (Investment Research, US Investing, Digital Gold), owning strategy, monetization, activation, engagement and long-term product direction. My work spans broker-agnostic execution platforms, multi-asset investing, large-scale API ecosystems, subscription engines, monetization systems, growth loops, reliability engineering and 0→1 product development. I partner closely with engineering, design, analytics, BD & compliance to deliver high-quality, high-scale investing experiences built for millions. Previously, I worked in venture investing across consumer internet, fintech and enterprise, which shaped my analytical and decision-making approach and strengthened my customer-backward product intuition. Focus areas & strengths: • Multi-product leadership across equities, mutual funds, global investing & research • Platform thinking, broker integrations & execution architecture • Subscriptions, monetization, packaging & paywalls • Funnel & UX optimization for activation, engagement & retention • Growth systems including SEO, content-led growth & product-led loops • 0→1 product development and new business building • Leading cross-functional orgs across engineering, design, analytics & BD I enjoy solving complex problems at the intersection of investing, data, technology and user behaviour, and building high-ownership product teams that scale meaningful consumer products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech product leader with expertise in multi-product strategies and user engagement.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 11 yrs 2 mos

Skills

Product Management
Product Strategy
Monetization
Product Development
Investment Management

Career Highlights

Led product for platforms serving millions of investors
Expert in monetization and growth strategies
Strong background in venture investing and product intuition

Work Experience

Tickertape

Vice President - Product (3 yrs)

smallcase

Vice President - Product (5 yrs)

GetVantage

Founding team (1 yr 1 mo)

Network18 Media & Investments Limited

Investment Manager, Capital18 (2 yrs 3 mos)

Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)

Manager, Investment team at Brand Capital (0 mo)

Deputy Manager, Investment team at Brand Capital (1 yr 10 mos)

Procter & Gamble

Marketing Intern (2 mos)

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Institute Music Secretary (Institute Cultural Council) (1 yr)

Education

PGDM (MBA) at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

B.Tech. at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Akash Mehta

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led product for platforms serving millions of investors
Expert in monetization and growth strategies
Strong background in venture investing and product intuition

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech product leader with expertise in multi-product strategies and user engagement.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyMonetizationProduct DevelopmentInvestment Management

Other Skills

UX & Funnel OptimizationCross-Functional LeadershipBusiness StrategySEOData AnalysisMarket ResearchMicrosoft ExcelTeam ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness AnalysisFinancial AnalysisStart-up ConsultingMarketingMedia StrategyCorporate Strategy Formulation

About

Experience

Tickertape

Vice President - Product

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Leading product for investment research, US investing and Digital Gold for India's leading stock-research & portfolio-insights platform used by 6M+ users.
Led subscription and monetization initiatives including pricing and paywall improvements.
Improved subscription conversion and long-term retention through funnel and UX enhancements.
Launched Digital Gold as a new investing category with strong early traction.
Leading the launch of US investing, including integrations, compliance readiness and execution design.
Drove organic user growth through SEO, product-led content systems and scalable discovery frameworks.
Built core engagement features including portfolio tracking, alerts and AI-driven insights.

Product ManagementMonetizationUX & Funnel OptimizationSEOCross-Functional Leadership

Smallcase

Vice President - Product

Apr 2021 – Present · 5 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading product for Model Portfolios, Mutual Funds, and platform experience for India’s leading wealth-tech platform used by 10M+ retail investors.
Lead product for Model Portfolios, Mutual Funds and the platform experience.
Oversee a broker-agnostic execution system powering multi-asset investing journeys at national scale.
Strengthened onboarding, activation and compliance-driven KYC flows through UX and systems improvements.
Shipped Mutual Fund Model Portfolios with unified, investor-centric workflows.
Improved transaction reliability and execution consistency across asset classes.
Partnered on strategic initiatives including the company’s entry into asset-management capabilities.
Built organisation-wide frameworks for LTV, retention, cohorts and key product health metrics.
Lead a multi-pod product organisation across engineering, design, analytics, BD and compliance.

Product ManagementProduct StrategyMonetizationUX & Funnel OptimizationCross-Functional LeadershipBusiness Strategy

Getvantage

Founding team

Sep 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

GetVantage is India’s first Revenue-Based Financing platform; providing growth capital to India’s emerging businesses, without founders having to dilute equity. The data-driven platform provides capital that’s recovered as small shares of future revenues.
Built core systems for revenue-based financing including LOS & LMS.
Developed automated collections engine integrated with merchant sales behaviour.
Worked closely with leadership on product, credit, data & fundraising initiatives.

Product DevelopmentData AnalysisBusiness Strategy

Network18 media & investments limited

Investment Manager, Capital18

Jun 2017 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Founding investment manager of Capital18- Investment arm of Network18 Group. Instrumental in setup of the investment vehicle.
Led investment of 6M $ in Infibeam, a public listed(MCAP~800M $) B2B payment gateway & e-commerce SAAS business.
Led 3 M$ Pre-IPO investment in SMC Global (Current MCAP ~150M $) , stock broker & lending conglomerate (IPO in 2021).
Strategised and Led partnership strategy to drive business across SMBs & start-ups for digital businesses of Network18.

Investment ManagementMarket ResearchBusiness Strategy

Bennett coleman and co. ltd. (times group)

2 roles

Manager, Investment team at Brand Capital

May 2017 – May 2017 · 0 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

1/4 investment analysts pan India to be promoted to manager for the FY 2017-2018 for exceptional performance

Deputy Manager, Investment team at Brand Capital

Jun 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Sourced and led 4M $ investment in - Weddingz.in (Platform for wedding venue booking); exit via Acquisition by Oyo.
Financial analysis, due diligence and deal sourcing across 10+ deals with value crossing 30M $+ between 2015-17.