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.

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