Akash is the COO and co-founder of Instamojo, India's largest on-demand payments platform
that allows anyone with a mobile number and bank account to start an online business. Akash
co-founded Instamojo with Sampad Swain, Aditya Sengupta and Harshad Sharma in 2012.
A mumbaikar at heart, Akash now lives in Bengaluru, the IT hub of India. He has worked in
various roles ranging from Engineering to Sales and Marketing in startups and large companies.
He has an MBA from MDI in finance and marketing. Akash is enthusiastic about building great
teams and believes that great leadership is about creating more leaders. He hopes to build
education and mutual respect in people so they can achieve their goals and in turn build a
better India.
He loves a good challenge and likes to shake things up. In his free time, Akash likes reading and
traveling. He’s also a football aficionado.
With more than 400,000 registered merchants, Instamojo's vision is to democratise ecommerce and be the 360º digital-enabling partner for SMEs of all shapes & sizes. Instamojo
was one of the first startups from India to join the prestigious 500 Startups Silicon Valley
Accelerator Program. It has also been featured as one of the hottest startups by Economic
Times in 2015.