Accion VentureKast

On this episode, Vikas sits down with Zaydoon Munir, Founder and CEO of RevolutionCredit. RevolutionCredit helps consumers who might otherwise be denied access to loan products prove their creditworthiness to lending institutions by using tutorial videos and simple financial quizzes. Zaydoon shares how RevolutionCredit’s unique model allows financial institutions to look beyond past performance to gauge someone’s likelihood to pay a loan in the future.

On this episode, Vikas sits down with Ken Kinyua, CEO of Kopo Kopo. Kopo Kopo was the world’s first platform for helping small businesses accept mobile payments, and has since expanded its offering to include an unsecured merchant cash advance product called Grow. Ken tells Vikas all about the FinTech environment in Kenya, the evolution of Kopo Kopo and how the startup world has changed his life.

On VentureKast’s sixth episode, Vikas sits down with Mark Hookey, Founder and CEO of DemystData. DemystData helps financial services providers to better assess the risk of potential customers by demystifying the reams of data and attributes living across dozens of sources, internal and external, structured and unstructured.

On VentureKast’s fifth episode, Vikas chats with Dan Cohen, CEO and founder of Tienda Pago. Tienda Pago uses a digital approach and partners with distributors to offer short-term working capital to small businesses.

On VentureKast’s fourth episode, Vikas sits down with Aire Labs CEO Aneesh Varma. Aire is a UK-based fintech startup building an alternative credit score for customers who have little or no existing credit data.

On VentureKast’s third episode, Vikas sits down with StreetShares CEO Mark L. Rockefeller. StreetShares is an online lender which provides access to capital for SMEs using an affinity group lending model.

VentureKast’s second episode features an interview with David Arana, CEO and Co-founder of Konfío. Konfío provides Mexico’s micro and small enterprises with affordable and accessible business loans online. Vikas and David discuss the company’s unique digital underwriting approach, lessons learned in fundraising, David’s moment of startup epiphany and the future of online banking in Latin America.

VentureKast kicks off its very first episode with an interview with Ranjit Punja, CEO and Co-founder of CreditMantri. CreditMantri is a financial technology startup based in Chennai, India, which provides online credit advisory services for customers with thin or non-existent credit records. Ranjit and Vikas discuss the state of financial technology entrepreneurship in India, Ranjit’s vision for this world-changing business and the significance of 11:11 for his team.