Transak, a single integration for applications to accept fiat-to-crypto deposits and withdrawals from a global user base, today announced onboarding Rajat Mehrotra, as the Head of Engineering and Sharad Agarwal as Head of Product, Design, and Data.
Prior to joining Transak, both Rajat and Sharad held leadership positions at Paytm Money, heading engineering and product respectively. Seasoned fintech professionals, Rajat & Sharad have been instrumental in building the foundation of Paytm’s stock trading platform and will be bringing the same penchant and nuanced understanding of customer adoption & experience to Transak.
Founded by Sami Start and Yeshu Agarwal in 2019, Transak’s mission is to make web3 applications accessible with India as a key market. With an objective to catalyze mass adoption of crypto transactions, Sharad and Rajat Mehrotra will play a pivotal role in empowering and enabling the Dapps built worldwide.
An IIT Kanpur alumnus, Rajat Mehrotra has built up a diverse tech experience for nearly two decades, creating large and scalable tech products in the fintech & e-commerce space.
An IIT Kharagpur and ISB alumnus, Sharad Agarwal, has been responsible for building numerous game-changing products including onboarding millions of first-time investors to Paytm Money. With over 14 years of experience, Sharad has worked across various sectors and functions in renowned tech companies like Flipkart, Paytm, Intuit and Synopsys.
Welcoming the leaders to Transak’s team, Sami Start, Cofounder, Transak shared, “We are delighted to onboard the finest tech leaders from India with whom we share our passion for simplifying crypto transactions in Indian and International markets. They come with a combined experience of 35 years to elevate Transak’s vision to boost crypto adoption and tap into the true potential of India as an early web3 adopter.”
“The Indian market has incredible opportunities. Sharad and Rajat will go a long way in fast-tracking the future of web3 developments in India by way of mass adoption. We are looking to solidify our India presence further by expanding our partnerships and building a 150+ strong India team by hiring across different functions.” said Yeshu Agarwal, Cofounder, Transak.
Transak is bullish on the future of decentralized applications (dApps). With its global fiat on-ramp integrated into the application, Transak allows dApp users to acquire crypto assets with their existing bank accounts directly via bank transfer, card payment, or local payment methods. India is at the forefront of global crypto adoption and Transak is looking to double down on its presence in the country to empower the next generation of Web3 developers.
