Unique team
Over fifty years of combined experience in payments, banking, startups and technology gives our team unique, diverse skills to solve for digitalization of financial services for small merchants and women in emerging countries.
Having been part of mobile banking, contactless payments and remittance businesses we have the network, insights into financial services ecosystems and the build out know-how to launch and scale these assisted digital financial services.
We have a unique ring-side vantage point and a network of founders, as active angel investors in more than twenty five startups in:
Digital payments.
Buy-now-pay-later.
Micro F&B retailing & franchising.
Platforms building communities for sports and gaming.
Vernacular.
Farm to fork supply of fresh, organic produce.
Tokenization for sports and fan engagement across emerging countries.
Small merchant services.
Meet the Team
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Kurt WEISS
Co-Founder
20+ years of global experience at Fortune 500 banks, payment brands and startups leading digital innovation and building payment solutions.
Life-long passion for financial inclusion and education.
Successful exit transaction to MasterCard.
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Shubhrendu KHOCHE
Co-Founder
Global builder and strategist at startups, payment brands and merchants. Crafting, launching and scaling digital financial services.
0 to >5M thrice in Asia for new businesses across twelve countries and fifteen mobile payments programs.
Built new ventures at corporate JVs, global payments majors and merchants in Asia.
Early investors and advisors
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Raja RAJAMANNAR
CMO, Mastercard | LinkedIn
Global Executive with transformative senior roles at Mastercard, Citigroup and Unilever. Award winning CMO and author.
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Abhinay PEDDISETTY
Co-Founder, BukuWarung | LinkedIn
Runs BukuWarung, the fastest growing small merchant services firm in Indonesia. Built & scaled startups in SE Asia and India.
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Wayne MALONE
Banking & Payments veteran | LinkedIn
25+ years of global payments and retail banking experience at Citi and JP Morgan Chase.
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Captain Indraani SINGH
Pilot, Social Entrepreneur | LinkedIn
1st lady in Asia to command a A320. Leads startups for women micro-entrepreneurship.
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Chris COLSON
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | LinkedIn
Innovation head, Retail Payments at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
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Elizabeth (Buffy) DUKE
Digital Payments, Open Banking | LinkedIn
Payments at WFCU. Senior roles at Mastercard, Carta, NETS (SIN) & C-SAM.
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Rajendra BALAKRISHNAN
FMCG, CPG sales & distribution | LinkedIn
Omni-channel sales & marketing expert. Worked for P&G, J&J, Reckitt Benckiser and L’Oréal.