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Osborne Saldanha

Investor | Lead at This Week in Fintech Asia | DM at superdm.me/osborne

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Work Experience

  • Asia Lead

    2021

    Asia Lead for This Week in Fintech. Editor for the Asia edition and Host of the Asian community meet ups for This Week in Fintech.

  • Writer

    2020

    Started publishing Fintech Inside, a fintech focused newsletter, during Covid. The newsletter provides contextual insights to make sense of and simplify the complex fintech world. Today it is well read by 15K+ global fintech leaders and decision makers. The newsletter has scaled well beyond my expectations.

  • Portfolio Advisor

    2024 - 2024

  • Principal

    2021 - 2024

    Invested in Jar, M2P, Mysa, Plaza, Monnai, Tartan, Flash and others. 2 exits. Helped portfolio companies close millions of dollars in revenue contracts. Helped portfolio companies raise $3mm to $100mm+ in funding each.

2019 - 2021

  • Investment Manager

    2019 - 2021

    Led Fintech, SaaS and consumer electronics investments in India, South East Asia and Europe. Select portfolio managed: - ZestMoney: buy now pay later sector (Series C) - KreditBee: personal finance platform (Exit)

2013 - 2019

  • Senior Associate

    2017 - 2019

    Select transactions managed: - Digital General Insurance Company: license stage - LoanTap: personal finance startup - Sanctum Wealth Management: HNI wealth management, Management buyout of RBS private wealth book in India - Paragon Partners: Mid-market PE fund in India - Velvetcase: online jewelery marketplace - Find Me A Shoe: virtual shoe fitting startup (B2B SaaS) - ColdStar Logistics: temperature controlled logistics

  • Associate

    2014 - 2017

  • Analyst

    2013 - 2014

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    2015 - 2017

    Co-Founded a digital transformation startup focused on helping small business with their digital brand identity. PCWeb built custom strategies and solutions to take businesses online and increase revenues. This included we properties, mobile apps, brand identity, social media creatives, content management among other things.

2010 - 2012

  • Student Volunteer

    2010 - 2012

    Held several leadership positions to advance AIESEC's mission of creating youth leaders globally.