Eashan Bajaj — Co-Founder

Product Manager at Ottimate, specializing in B2B and AI-powered fintech. Previously, co-founded Verak (YC W21, acquired) with a track record of building and scaling technology products from 0->1, driving impact across B2B fintech, insurance, and AI. My journey: Co-founder & Head of Product at Verak (YC W21, acquired): Built and launched a full-stack business insurance platform from scratch, leading a 17-member cross-functional team. Scaled the startup to over 14,000 MSMEs onboarded, grew monthly active users 30% MoM, and raised $2mn+ from premier investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Lightspeed India before acquisition by InsuranceDekho Senior Product Manager, InsuranceDekho: Drove E2E product strategy and growth for the SME vertical and corporate employee benefits platform. Delivered key features and integrations, owning the launch and metrics for B2B/B2C verticals in India’s largest insurance marketplace I thrive at the intersection of product strategy, analytics, and technology - delivering scalable solutions with tangible impact across SaaS, fintech, and automation. My blend of startup founder experience, data-driven execution, and leadership in AI-powered product innovation continues to set a high bar in the industry

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Manager with expertise in AI-driven solutions and B2B strategies.

Location: South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 9 yrs 1 mo

Skills

Product Management
Product Strategy

Career Highlights

Co-founded a successful fintech startup acquired by a major player.
Led product strategy for India's largest insurance marketplace.
Expert in AI-driven product innovation and B2B fintech.

Work Experience

Ottimate

Product Manager (1 yr 4 mos)

InsuranceDekho

Senior Product Manager (1 yr 10 mos)

Verak

Co-Founder (2 yrs 8 mos)

Head of Product (2 yrs 8 mos)

Software Engineer & Product Manager (11 mos)

Thadomal Shahani Engineering College

Envoy and Member of the Placement Committee (1 yr 1 mo)

Omic Healthcare

Software Developer (8 mos)

Light of Life Trust

Data Analyst Intern (2 mos)

Nrityafit

Data Analyst and Web Designing Intern (2 mos)

SELVEL PUBLICITY AND CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED

Digital Marketing Intern (3 mos)

Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter

Marketing And Public Relations Manager (1 yr 7 mos)

Education

Fellowship at Y Combinator

Bachelor of Engineering - BE at University of Mumbai

H.S.C at Kishinchand Chellaram College of Arts Commerce and Science

I.C.S.E at St. Mary's School I.C.S.E Mazagaon

Eashan Bajaj

Co-Founder

South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India9 yrs 1 mo experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Co-founded a successful fintech startup acquired by a major player.
Led product strategy for India's largest insurance marketplace.
Expert in AI-driven product innovation and B2B fintech.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Manager with expertise in AI-driven solutions and B2B strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct Strategy

Other Skills

Accounts Payable (AP)Agile & Waterfall MethodologiesAgile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Attention to DetailBadmintonBusiness AnalyticsBusiness Case PreparationBusiness DevelopmentC (Programming Language)Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)CommunicationCustomer ExperienceData Analytics

About

Experience

9 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Ottimate

Product Manager

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · India · Remote

Leading the E2E development and launch of Ottimate Copilot, Ottimate's flagship AI-powered assistant for AP automation - setting the vision, roadmap, and execution for next-gen finance automation.
Spearheading all aspects of Copilot's AI systems, smart workflow automation, and conversational analytics, collaborating with engineering and design to deliver actionable, intelligent insights for accounts teams.
Driving adoption among enterprise customers by translating finance pain points into product features that define the future of AP.
Advocate for AI-driven business transformation, positioning Ottimate as a market leader in B2B fintech innovation.
Drove the development, release, and ongoing optimization of Ottimate's interactive dashboards and analytics platform - partnering with customers to build interactive, actionable financial reports and process insights for AP teams.
Built stakeholder feedback loops and managed the analytics suite product roadmap to ensure alignment with evolving customer requirements and metrics-driven outcomes.

Product ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Software as a Service (SaaS)Product StrategyPaymentsAccounts Payable (AP)+17

Insurancedekho

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · India · Hybrid

Led product development and growth for the SME & Corporate Business Vertical (B2B + B2C + Operations) from ideation to execution, optimizing operations and driving user acquisition, retention, and revenue growth.
Worked on our partner app for a seamless E2E user experience.
Led product development for our Employee and Wellness Benefits platform.
Showcased leadership skills by managing a team and providing guidance and mentorship to team members.

Agile & Waterfall MethodologiesScrumData AnalyticsProduct MarketingProduct StrategyBusiness Development+4

Verak

3 roles

Co-Founder

Promoted

Aug 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos · South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

💸Verak Inc is backed by Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Lightspeed India & other premier investment firms. Here at Verak we're building better business insurance for MSMEs in India.
Founding Member #2; Acquired by InsuranceDekho

Attention to DetailCustomer ExperienceBusiness Case PreparationScrumMultivariate TestingProduct Strategy+1

Head of Product

Promoted

Aug 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos · South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Software Engineer turned Product Manager
Built the entire Verak platform (4 products, 3 user personas - Sales, Operations and the Customer). Responsible for taking the platform all the way from idea to execution and successfully onboarded 5,000+ MSMEs across different parts of India.
Managed a team of 17 across engineering, product, design, marketing and user research and set deliverables and product roadmaps with timelines for the new product releases.
Grown the startup from 0 to 14,000+ users, growing 30% MOM and going from no funding with just an idea to raising $550,000 in a period of 5 months followed by a seed round of ~$1.5 million.
Architected our proprietary Underwriter model which achieved an automation accuracy of 87% which reduced the CPC of leads coming in by ~10%.

WireframingAttention to DetailCustomer ExperienceBusiness Case PreparationAgile MethodologiesProduct Management+4

Software Engineer & Product Manager

Aug 2020 – Jul 2021 · 11 mos · South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Lead Software Engineer/Product Manager for 'Know Your Insurance' -- Architect of our proprietary Policy Deconstruction Algorithm (PDA)
Analysed user behaviour and pain points to develop features to better simplify their policy coverage. This led to 200+ users changing their policies in order to be better insured.
Product Manager for Awareness by BimaPe, gamifying insurance with interactive end to end products to successfully bias the user into making better purchase decisions.
Served as a Mentor & Manager for 2 direct reports and successfully got them to push production level code in < 2 weeks of onboarding.

Attention to DetailCustomer ExperienceBusiness Case PreparationScrumMultivariate TestingProduct Strategy+1

Thadomal shahani engineering college

Envoy and Member of the Placement Committee

Jul 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Assisted the Training & Placement Officer in conducting on-campus placements.
Created & Maintained the Database for placements.
Led a team of envoys and worked directly with the HR Managers visiting the campus for recruitment.

Omic healthcare

Software Developer

Dec 2018 – Aug 2019 · 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Collaborated with the CTO directly to define project objectives, interface design & technical requirements.
Worked on server-side deployments.
Managed the applications Django framework.
Maintained the SQL databases which housed the doctor's/patient's medical records.
Performed data analysis and other tasks on this data as per requirement to show relevant information.

Light of life trust

Data Analyst Intern

Sep 2018 – Nov 2018 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Worked directly with the Marketing & Communications Team to compile a rich database of donors & sponsors.
Part of the team responsible for organizing 2 significant fundraising events and worked on the logistics that went with it.

Nrityafit

Data Analyst and Web Designing Intern

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Data Analysis and Database Management of our clients.
Web Designing for the company website.
Social Media Advertising and various strategies for growth.

Selvel publicity and consultants private limited

Digital Marketing Intern

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 · 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Developed an understanding on the client's business environment and strategies.
Worked with the Digital Marketing team on tasks related to Digital Marketing and Outdoor Advertisement.
Contributed to branding and social media strategies to grow the various client's brands.