In pursuit of making a dent at the intersection of financial services and technology
💼 Investing in early stage technology startups. Here is a quick tear sheet.
✍️ Making financial services accessible via Fintech Inside and This Week in Fintech.
👥 Bringing communities together at Fintech Happy Hour and Work at a Fintech.
About: I have 13+ years of investing and operating experience - across stages (idea to growth), sectors (fintech, commerce, logistics, SaaS and more) and regions (India, Southeast Asia and Europe). I am a first bench student of business strategies and find history of businesses intriguing. My special powers are developing deep market intelligence to support founders and building lasting relationships. You can read more about me and my journey here.
Aside from startups and investing, I have many muses including photography, astronomy (the moon 😍), robotics, hiking/trekking, travel, food and more.
📍 Bangalore / Mumbai, India
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Singapore's efficiency reveals the costly trade-off of human connection; While I remain bullish on AI and efficiency, this observation forces me to consider business models that embrace technological progress without sacrificing human connection.
Agentic future shifts customer ownership from apps to conversations, redefining startup value and demanding founder focus on owning the interaction.
Building robust, founder-friendly AI agents requires isolating functions, grounding truth externally, and designing for resilience, a lesson learned through practical tech investing.
