Technology is in their DNA

Technology is in their DNA

We have our dear friends at Sequoia to thank for the introduction to Ankiti Bose, Co-Founder & CEO, Zilingo in 2015. They were confident that with her fashion e-commerce plan, she was going to go places; and my first impression echoed their thoughts.We signed up...
We took a leap of faith and it paid off

We took a leap of faith and it paid off

When I first met Taufan, I looked at a true grass-root entrepreneur from humble beginnings having bootstrapped his business for 5 years to serve the large unbanked population in Indonesia’s tier 3+ villages. Six months into our partnership with Amartha, Taufan called...
Cracking the code to startup boards

Cracking the code to startup boards

Our Managing Partner, Dirk Van Quaquebeke, got to be a part of  MEDICI Global Studio’s exciting new video interview series “Weekend Wisdom: VC Debunked & Demystified”. The session featured Dirk and Aditya Khurjekar, CEO & Founder, MEDICI Global delving...
“Reset and Reinvent” – My Journey with BEENEXT

“Reset and Reinvent” – My Journey with BEENEXT

On our fifth anniversary, I look back at the genesis of BEENEXT and am so thankful to our friends and partners who supported our launch of BEENEXT. It has been an incredible journey, full of learnings and the opportunity to work with some of the best minds in the...
The team dreams of neo banking 364 days a year

The team dreams of neo banking 364 days a year

Anish Achuthan, Co-Founder & CEO, Open Bank and I were introduced very early on – just after their angel funding from Ex Co-founders of Citruspay – where we enjoyed a great collaborative relationship with the founders. Team Open was still very early in their...