Kalpesh Balar

Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

Proven leader in FinTech and E-commerce sectors.
Expert in Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Computing.
Successful founder with extensive startup experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a FinTech and E-commerce expert with strong leadership in technology and product development.

Contact

pkrishna@yahoo.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

FintechProduct DevelopmentLeadershipNatural Language UnderstandingEntrepreneurshipE-commerceTechnical LeadershipProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentDistributed SystemsTelecommunicationsDatabases

Other Skills

AWS SageMakerAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidAndroid DevelopmentApache KafkaApache SparkBitTorrentC++Cloud ComputingCoaching & MentoringCognitive ComputingCommunicationConsumer Lending

About

I believe that humans should focus on creativity and judgement while technology handles everything routine.

Experience

22 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

10 mos

Current Experience

Stealth

Founder

Aug 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cogoport

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Nov 2024 – Jul 2025 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Career Break

Apr 2024 – Nov 2024 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Groww, india

Vice President Of Engineering

Nov 2019 – Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

Groww is India’s largest online financial services platform trusted by more than 70 million customers for their finance & investment needs. Groww offers products across investments, banking & payments.

Organizational LeadershipFinTechConsumer LendingProduct DevelopmentCoaching & MentoringMutual Funds

Coseer

Cofounder and Head Of Technology

Apr 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · Remote

An enterprise search company building solutions for transforming industries from healthcare to finance using Natural Language Understanding to answer questions just like humans do. I led the technology team for developing NLU solutions for enterprise clients.

LeadershipEntrepreneurshipCreativity and InnovationNatural Language UnderstandingTechnical LeadershipEnterprise Software+1

Hijinny.com

Cofounder & CTO

May 2015 – Mar 2016 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

A platform that brings professional beauty and wellness services to your door step through hand-picked professionals who have been vetted and trained (Uber for X model). I founded and grew Hijinny into a leading player, managing all aspects of product and technology development.

EntrepreneurshipTechnical LeadershipStrategic PlanningProduct DevelopmentSystems Design

Nykaa.com

Chief Technology Officer

Sep 2013 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

A premier omnichannel beauty and wellness destination offering products from over 1000+ brands and delivering all across India. Led all aspects of technological implementation, product development and system architecture.

Start-upsLeadershipCommunicationE-commerceTechnical LeadershipTeam Building+4

Inkfruit.com

Vice President Technology

Jan 2011 – Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

Inkfruit (aquired by Zovi) was a online shopping store for apparel and fashion where designs were submitted and voted for by a community. Selected designs were then printed and sold on an ecommerce platform.

Start-upsOrganizational LeadershipDistributed ArchitectureCommunicationE-commerceTechnical Leadership+7

Bigadda.com

Senior Manager

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Bigadda was a social networking platform, blogging platform and e-commerce website owned by Reliance Entertainment.

Team ManagementProject ManagementAgile MethodologiesSystems DesignE-commerceCommunication+2

Mediamelon, inc.

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2006 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Mediamelon is pioneer in Content Aware Streaming with their Powerful QBR SmartStreaming solution, MediaMelon smart streaming solutions enhance and optimise OTT video streaming service quality of experience and bandwidth utilisation.

Start-upsDistributed SystemsMySQLSoftware DevelopmentJavaSystems Design+1