Osborne Saldanha

Asia Lead

2021 - Current

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.

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)

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.

Student Volunteer

2010 - 2012

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