Lead – Stablecoin & DeFi | Previosly Investment Lead at a Crypto Fund | CFA | FRM
UAE
Operator and investor with 10+ years across Traditional Finance and Digital Assets. Proven track record in venture capital, capital markets, product management, and business development. Passionate about bridging traditional capital and onchain finance. Previously led investments at a crypto fund, deploying capital across 25+ startups; currently leading stablecoin and DeFi initiatives at a cross-border neobank. MBA in Finance, CFA, and FRM.
Salary
USD 125,000 – 200,000
Borderless
Jan 2026 — Present
Leading stablecoin and DeFi initiatives at a dual-rail neobanking platform for emerging markets. Owns strategic roadmap, product & engineering, BD & sales, and fundraising. Shipped Payroll, B2B Payments & Global Investing prototypes; supported ~$600M annualized pipeline; led $6M Pre-Series A fundraise, securing $3.5M committed.
MVP Labs
Oct 2025 — Present
Independent crypto product studio. Shipped and validated four products: Unlocked (institutional intelligence for Hyperliquid Vaults), Mandali, Gridlock, and Filtered. Doubled down on Unlocked, architecting core analytics engine with 100+ metrics and proprietary scoring model.
Fundraising Advisor (Part-Time)
Jan 2025 — Jan 2026
Led end-to-end fundraising strategy for two mandates: Bitmor (Bitcoin mortgage & DCA protocol, $200K Pre-Seed) and Pi42 (India's leading INR-settled perpetuals DEX, $4M Series A).
Hashed Emergent
Nov 2021 — Nov 2024
Led a 4-member investment team managing a $23M early-stage Web3 fund. Spearheaded evaluation and negotiation of 25 out of 30 deals across Gaming, DeFi, and Middleware Infra. Notable deals: Royco, Reclaim Protocol, Leap, Nestcoin, Pi42, Jia, LogX. Led LP reporting, co-authored India Web3 Landscape Report, and co-led Protostars accelerator.
TKN Advisors
Jan 2021 — Mar 2022
Led investment advisory in India for 6 Korean investment firms including STIC Investments and Hashed. Managed deal execution and commercial due diligence for 5 companies, cumulatively investing ~$20M across stages.
Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd.
May 2019 — Nov 2020
Founding member (1 of 4) of Kotak Optimus, a multi-asset class AIF. Helped grow fund AUM to $160M in 10 months with ~2% benchmark outperformance. Managed 11 client portfolios with ~$330M combined AUM. Won 'Strategic Innovation with Team Collaboration' award.
Finiq Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 2015 — May 2017
Product manager for a low-code/no-code trading and workflow solution for financial institutions. Responsible for $400K equity-based project in Thailand and generated $1.5M in sales from a British multinational bank. Led pre-sale activities for 18+ months across 15+ global financial groups.
MBA · Finance
? – 2019
B.Tech
? – 2015
? – 2011