Website:
appkhichadi.com
Job details:
Company Description Appkhichadi is a secure, scalable data infrastructure designed to enable seamless data sharing across businesses, platforms, and ecosystems in India. Built with a privacy-first and compliance-driven approach, it empowers organizations to exchange, enrich, and activate data in real time. The platform supports high-volume data flows, ensures interoperability, and opens new possibilities for advanced analytics, personalization, and monetization. By serving as a foundational layer for India’s rapidly evolving digital economy, Appkhichadi helps organizations unlock greater value from their data while maintaining trust and regulatory alignment.
We are now looking for a Co-Founder - CEO / COO who can work closely with the founding team and lead the company’s business, commercial and operational journey.
The Opportunity
This is not a salaried executive role.
This is a stake-only co-founder opportunity for someone who wants to build a high-potential technology and data business from an early stage and create long-term enterprise value.
The ideal candidate should bring strong business leadership, industry relationships, commercial thinking and execution capability across one or more of the following domains:
- FinTech
- AdTech
- MarTech
- Consumer data platforms
- API products
- Digital lending
- Credit and financial intelligence
- Affiliate and performance marketing
- Data monetisation
- SaaS or enterprise technology
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the company’s business strategy and operating plan
- Build partnerships with fintech companies, lenders, advertisers, agencies, publishers, brands and data consumers
- Lead enterprise sales, API sales and strategic account acquisition
- Develop pricing, commercial models and revenue partnerships
- Drive fundraising conversations with angel investors, family offices and early-stage funds
- Build the company’s brand, market positioning and investor narrative
- Establish scalable business operations, processes and governance
- Recruit and lead business, sales, partnerships, marketing and operations teams
- Work closely with the technology and product teams to convert market needs into scalable products
- Own business targets, revenue growth, partnerships and execution outcomes
- Represent the company with investors, customers, partners and industry stakeholders
Ideal Profile
- 10–15+ years of experience in FinTech, AdTech, MarTech, SaaS, data platforms or digital businesses
- Previous experience as a founder, business head, CXO, COO, CRO, CBO, sales leader or partnerships leader
- Strong network across fintechs, lenders, banks, advertisers, agencies, publishers, investors or digital platforms
- Demonstrated experience in enterprise sales, partnerships, fundraising or business development
- Ability to operate comfortably in a zero-to-one startup environment
- Strong commercial judgement and understanding of technology-led business models
- High ownership, speed, discipline and execution orientation
- Comfortable working without a fixed salary during the initial stage
- Willingness to invest significant time and build the business as a long-term co-owner
What We Already Have
- An incorporated private limited company
- A live consumer-facing personal-finance product
- An existing user base and growing transactional data assets
- Technology infrastructure, APIs and product development capabilities
- Defined opportunities across financial intelligence, consumer personas, audience data and API monetisation
- Early-stage business and investor positioning
- A technical founder with extensive experience across FinTech, AdTech, MarTech and large-scale data platforms
What You Bring
We are specifically looking for someone who complements the technology and product capabilities of the founding team by bringing:
- Business leadership
- Enterprise relationships
- Sales and partnership execution
- Fundraising capability
- Operational discipline
- Market access
- Strategic credibility
Equity and Engagement
- This is a stake-only opportunity
- No fixed salary is currently offered
- Equity will be discussed based on experience, commitment, network, role ownership and long-term contribution
- A structured vesting arrangement, milestones and founders’ agreement will be implemented
- Full-time involvement is strongly preferred
Location
Bengaluru preferred. Hybrid or remote arrangements may be considered for an exceptional candidate with strong industry access and execution capability.
How to Apply
Please share:
- Your professional profile
- Relevant experience across FinTech, AdTech, MarTech or data products
- Key partnerships, revenues, teams or businesses you have built
- Your current location and availability
- Why you are interested in joining as a stake-only co-founder
- The specific value, relationships and capabilities you can bring to the company
This opportunity is suitable for someone who does not merely want another designation, but wants to build, own and scale a meaningful technology business.
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