Inkle x Razorpay x Leadbeam: Founders Meetup
Join us for an intimate evening bringing together founders and startup operators from across the New York startup ecosystem. Meet fellow entrepreneurs, exchange ideas, and hear from Shashank Kumar as he shares his journey building Razorpay into one of India's leading fintech companies, the lessons learned while scaling a global business, and how Razorpay is leveraging AI across its products and operations.
About Shashank Kumar: Shashank is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Razorpay. He has led the company from its inception to becoming one of India's leading fintech platforms, powering millions of businesses with payments and financial infrastructure. Razorpay has raised over $700mm across 11 funding rounds, and was last valued at $7.5bn.
About the hosts:
Inkle (inkle.ai) is an AI-based accounting and tax platform. Focus on building your startup—we'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and compliance. Founded by Anand Krishna (YC S17), Inkle currently supports approximately 5% of all YC companies globally.
Razorpay (razorpay.com/us) is a leading fintech company founded by Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur (YC W15). Razorpay powers millions of businesses with payments, banking, and financial infrastructure, and has become one of India's leading fintech companies. Razorpay is launching in the US.
Leadbeam (leadbeam.ai) is an AI-native, mobile-first platform built for field sales teams. Reps use Leadbeam to find nearby prospects, log visits by voice, and route their day around the highest-value opportunities — all from their phone, without ever touching a clunky desktop CRM. Trusted by teams at Square and ClassPass, Leadbeam turns time in the field into clean data and closed revenue.
Sharon Rao, MD (@raosharon) is a physician turned operator, 1x EdTech founder (exited), former COO where she scaled the company to 3M+ followers and 300K+ platform subscribers, and now building NYC's health x tech community.
Venue Partner: Nomadworks (nomadworks.com) is a coworking and community space designed for founders, startups, and operators. It brings together entrepreneurs through thoughtfully curated workspaces and events that foster collaboration, meaningful connections, and company building.