Karan Mehta's guest appearances

Karan Mehta

Fintech One•On•One

Shunya One

TRANSFIN. LongShorts with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran

Entrepreneur Lounge of India (ELI)

Robert Morgan

Ben Miller

Pankaj Mishra

Andy Rachleff

Immad Akhund

Michele Romanow

Jason Brown

John Donovan

Kristen Berman

Kirill Bensonoff

Jilliene Helman

Brian Dally

Catherine Berman

Christopher Engman

Leigh Phillips

OwlTail

It’s the new year and we’re back with a brand new episode of LongShorts!   Our guest is Karan Mehta, the Co-founder and CTO of Kissht, a digital lending platform that offers BNPL and merchant level credit in India. Backed by his profound technological insights, Karan walks us through Kissht's journey and at the same time, gives us an account of the different models of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) and consumer durable finance which are at play in the market.   Karan is a fintech veteran and offers a bird's eye view into digital lending, the technological possibilities when it comes to better underwriting and fraud detection and the immense opportunities and potential that lie in the field.

It’s the new year and we’re back with a brand new episode of LongShorts! Our guest is Karan Mehta, the Co-founder and CTO of Kissht, a digital lending platform that offers BNPL and merchant level credit in India. Backed by his profound technological insights, Karan walks us through Kissht's journey and at the same time, gives us an account of the different models of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) and consumer durable finance which are at play in the market. Karan is a fintech veteran and offers a bird's eye view into digital lending, the technological possibilities when it comes to better underwriting and fraud detection and the immense opportunities and potential that lie in the field.

S5 Ep110: How Kissht Sees BNPL and Digital Lending in India with Karan Mehta

Did you know that India was a heavy cash economy in 2011-2012?. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are Joined by Karan Mehta. Karan talks about computers becoming his natural passion, joining Citadel and it being his first professional company, Setting up Swipe and how the idea for Kissht came about. He also talks about competition at the time they started, taking advice from investors, reasons why Swipe didn't work for them, and more. Further they discuss starting Karma Tech which helped startups hire CTO's, meeting his other co-founder and how they started working together on Kissht. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Karan about how he become one of the co-founding team while being a consultant, how it has evolved over the years from product financing to now with the Indian fintech market changing and how they have managed remained unique. Tune in for an informative chat with the Co-Founder and CTO of Kissht.Follow Karan Mehta on Linkedin &amp; Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanmmehta/https://twitter.com/karan_m_mehtaTweet to hosts @shiladitya &amp; @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know that India was a heavy cash economy in 2011-2012?. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are Joined by Karan Mehta. Karan talks about computers becoming his natural passion, joining Citadel and it being his first professional company, Setting up Swipe and how the idea for Kissht came about. He also talks about competition at the time they started, taking advice from investors, reasons why Swipe didn't work for them, and more. Further they discuss starting Karma Tech which helped startups hire CTO's, meeting his other co-founder and how they started working together on Kissht. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Karan about how he become one of the co-founding team while being a consultant, how it has evolved over the years from product financing to now with the Indian fintech market changing and how they have managed remained unique. Tune in for an informative chat with the Co-Founder and CTO of Kissht. Follow Karan Mehta on Linkedin &amp; Twitter:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanmmehta/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanmmehta/</a><a href="https://twitter.com/karan_m_mehta" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/karan_m_mehta</a> Tweet to hosts @shiladitya &amp; @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this <a href="http://episode.To" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">episode. To</a> join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: <a href="http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone You</a> can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at <a href="http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Feat. Karan Mehta, Co-Founder & CTO of Kissht

Josh Tonderys

Podcast 72: Josh Tonderys and Karan Mehta of Marlette Funding