Thank You, Sponsors And Partners, For Making Inc42 Fintech Summit 2022 A Grand Success!

Last week, we concluded our maiden fintech conference – the Inc42 Fintech Summit 2022. Held on July 1 and 2, the two-day virtual event brought together more than 60 dignitaries from India’s fintech ecosystem to decode the sector’s trillion-dollar market opportunity.

Through candid panel discussions, insightful masterclasses and in-depth keynote sessions, our speakers delved deep into the nitty-gritty of the country’s fintech ecosystem and explored the hottest trends and topics, ranging from fintechs’ lofty valuations and regulatory challenges to future opportunities.

From decoding fintech’s true market opportunity to exploring how investors view the funding slowdown, the Inc42 Fintech Summit gave its attendees a comprehensive view of what is to come for India’s fintech sector.

The sessions were a huge hit among our 1,000+ attendees. The response was so overwhelmingly positive that we made one of the sessions public on Twitter!

That’s not all. Those who attended the summit had the golden opportunity to engage and interact with industry stalwarts, including Aarin Capital Partners TV Mohandas Pai, Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath, SALT’s Shinjini Kumar and many more. 

As a result, more than 11K messages were exchanged between speakers and participants, over 410 online meetings were set up and more than 25K session views were recorded during the two-day event.

But none of this would have been possible without the support of our sponsors and enablers who helped us pull off one of India’s premier fintech conferences and enabled us to make it a grand success.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank them all!

Presenting Partner

Slack

Founded in 2009, this San Francisco-based messaging platform is on a mission to transform business communication globally. The workplace communication tool allows employees to collaborate, connect and communicate on different topics and projects on a single interface. It also lets enterprises integrate various apps so that employees can seamlessly streamline daily tasks, join calls, manage calendars and collaborate on files.

According to its website, as many as 65 Fortune 100 companies use Slack, and it has a reach across 150+ countries.

Apart from helping us execute the Inc42 Fintech Summit without a hitch, Slack’s country head Rahul Sharma also moderated a session at the event. The panel discussion titled Banking The Unbanked: New Ways To Collaborate To Scale Your Fintech’s Journey explored how fintechs could achieve operational efficiency, employee engagement and retention to scale up in a tech-dominated world. 

Freo’s cofounder and CEO, Kunal Varma, Enkash’s cofounder Naveen Bindal, and Vested Finance’s cofounder and CEO, Viram Shah, took part in the discussion.

Co-presenting Partners

Akamai Technologies

Based in Cambridge (Massachusetts), Akamai Technologies was founded by Jonathan Seelig, Randall S. Kaplan, Frank T. Leighton and Daniel M. Lewin in 1998. For the last two decades, Akamai has been developing solutions to help businesses mitigate cybersecurity threats and deliver secure digital experiences.

Its suite of solutions covers three major areas – security, computing and delivery. 

Gerhard Giese, Akamai’s senior industry strategist, also joined us at the event and moderated a panel discussion titled Building Secure Systems For The Ever Evolving Fintech Ecosystem. The discussion explored how fintech companies could build scalable solutions and deliver exceptional user experience. 

Giese was joined by Lendingkart’s CTO Giridhar Yasa; Simpl’s CTO Puneet Singh; Innoviti’s founder and CEO Rajeev Agarwal; KreditBee’s cofounder and CTO Karthikeyan K and Groww’s senior VP, chief information security officer and head, IT, Navaneethan M. 

Dean Houari, director of security, technology and strategy (APJ) at Akamai, also conducted a masterclass at the conference. Titled  Indian Fintechs’ Guide To Mastering The Art Of Scaling Securely, the session aimed to help fintech companies understand how they could tackle cyberattacks and advised them on different cybersecurity capabilities required for varying stages of digital maturity. 

Manipal Technologies

Manipal Technologies Ltd (MTL) predates India’s Independence. Founded in 1941, MTL began its journey as Manipal Power Press, a commercial printer servicing Indian banks. Today, the company boasts a varied portfolio of solutions, including doorstep banking, smart cards, packaging solutions, digital payments and more. 

Over the years, MTL has worked closely with the Government of India and offered its bouquet of solutions to various sectors such as retail, pharma, telecommunications and more. It has also extended its business operations to Germany, Kenya and Nigeria. 

MTL’s MD and CEO, Abhay Anand Gupte, joined 3one4 Capital’s former principal Kshitij Shah for a fireside chat titled The Final Frontier: Taking India’s Fintech Revolution To Bharat. The session looked at how Bharat (read Tier 2 and beyond) consumers use fintech products and the opportunities for fintech startups and financial institutions to help boost financial inclusion across India. 

In Association With

Beams Fintech Fund

Founded by Sagar Agarvwal, Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, Anuj Golecha, Anil Jain, Gaurav Jain and Venture Catalysts, Beams Fintech Fund focusses on growth stage companies operating in fintech space or allied sectors. 

Beams claims to provide its portfolio companies with a diverse network of local and international banks, NBFCs, insurance companies, mentors and advisors to help them grow at home and expand in overseas markets. 

Its cofounder and managing partner, Sagar Agarvwal, was part of a panel discussion titled The Investor View: Funding The Fintech Wave In 2022. It also included Pranav Pai, founding partner and chief investment officer of 3one4 Capital; Amit Somani, managing partner of Prime Venture Partners, and Ashish Fafadia, partner at Blume Ventures. The discussion was moderated by Ranadurjay Talukdar, partner and payments advisory leader of EY.