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EP 141 : Enabling Cross-border Finance - Raghunandan G (Founder, Zolve) | Fintech | Neo Bank | Building a Global Brand

Dec 1, 2021
35:30

Raghunandan is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups like TaxiForSure and Serendipity Infolabs and more. He is currently the founder of Zolve, a fintech startup solving problems with cross border finance and more. In this episode he spoke about the nuance of the same, building a consumer product for the world and more with Roshan Cariappa. 


Key Highlights:

00:00 Introduction

01:13 What is Raghu doing differently with Zolve?

03:46 Raghu's thoughts on raising funds and access to capital

08:18 Downsides of access to capital

12:26 The nuances of solving for cross border finance

15:59 Idea to Product to Company 

18:49 Executing on this problem

21:16 Building a sustainable moat

25:19 Advice on building partnerships with incumbents

26:42 Building a consumer product for the world from India

30:10 What's coming up at Zolve

30:53 Being an investor and a founder

33:05 Books and podcast recommendations


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Connect with Raghunandan :

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graghunandan/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/raghugnandan


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