I've lived & worked across Bombay, London, Bangalore & Stockholm and am currently exploring Open Banking roles in the UK.

My Professional Experience (2008-2017) was split between two phases of FIN(ance) + TECH(nology):

I. Phase I: 2008-13 - FIN: Investment banking, a value hedge fund, fundraising & global strategy/M&A roles in Bombay & London.

{In 2013, I was fascinated by tech startups & joined a tech incubator in Cambridge on winning a Startup Weekend; before returning to India}

II. Phase II: 2014-17 - TECH: Product Co-Founder at early-stage, VC-led B2C startups in Bangalore (India's Silicon Valley) w/ 1 EXIT.

In Dec 2017, I was extremely fortunate to have received a second life after being involved in a near fatal car crash. While recovering gradually (2018-21), I undertook multiple Venture Consulting projects, Qualifications & Startup Experiments.

Upon recovering completely, I moved to Stockholm to revamp Truecaller's iOS app in early 2022. Over an intense 7-month marathon, we rolled out of a brand new iOS app, written from the ground up; that helped us double our global iOS users within a couple weeks of launch!

I then leveraged my background in FINance + TECHnology to team up with an old college friend (& ex-colleague) in London to setup a fintech, Passvoy - a Neo Bank for the Indian diaspora & voyagers to India (FX on UPI). Unfortunately, we ran into regulatory hurdles in 2024 & had to wind Passvoy down. My learnings from Passvoy led me to Verifany - a C2C financial verification platform starting with the UK & Europe.

My background is broken up into Work, Pedagogy, Play - please click the Menu button (top left on mobile).