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# Akash Mehta on Tal

## Headline

VP Product at smallcase & Tickertape \| Fintech \| Multi\-Product Leadership \| Growth, Monetization & 0→1 \| ex\-VC \| IIT Bombay, IIM Bangalore

## About

Product leader building multi\-product investing platforms at scale across smallcase & Tickertape\. 10\+ years of experience building and scaling multi\-product investment platforms serving millions of retail investors\. I lead product across smallcase \(Model Portfolios, Mutual Funds, Platform Experience\) and Tickertape \(Investment Research, US Investing, Digital Gold\), owning strategy, monetization, activation, engagement and long\-term product direction\. My work spans broker\-agnostic execution platforms, multi\-asset investing, large\-scale API ecosystems, subscription engines, monetization systems, growth loops, reliability engineering and 0→1 product development\. I partner closely with engineering, design, analytics, BD & compliance to deliver high\-quality, high\-scale investing experiences built for millions\. Previously, I worked in venture investing across consumer internet, fintech and enterprise, which shaped my analytical and decision\-making approach and strengthened my customer\-backward product intuition\. Focus areas & strengths: • Multi\-product leadership across equities, mutual funds, global investing & research • Platform thinking, broker integrations & execution architecture • Subscriptions, monetization, packaging & paywalls • Funnel & UX optimization for activation, engagement & retention • Growth systems including SEO, content\-led growth & product\-led loops • 0→1 product development and new business building • Leading cross\-functional orgs across engineering, design, analytics & BD I enjoy solving complex problems at the intersection of investing, data, technology and user behaviour, and building high\-ownership product teams that scale meaningful consumer products\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Vice President \- Product at Tickertape, Apr 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading product for US investing, investment research, and Digital Gold for India's leading stock\-research & portfolio\-insights platform used by 6M\+ users\. • Launched US investing on the platform, India's 1st GIFT/IFSC compliant omnibus broker account for users\. • Led subscription and monetization initiatives including pricing and paywall improvements\. • Improved subscription conversion and long\-term retention through funnel and UX enhancements\. • Launched Digital Gold as a new investing category with strong early traction\. • Drove organic user growth through SEO, product\-led content systems and scalable discovery frameworks\. • Built core engagement features including portfolio tracking, alerts and AI\-driven insights\.

Vice President \- Product at smallcase, Apr 2021 \- Present · 5 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading product for India & US Model Portfolios, Mutual Funds, and platform experience for India’s leading wealth\-tech platform used by 10M\+ retail investors\. • Lead product for US and India Model Portfolios, Mutual Funds and the platform experience\. • Oversee a broker\-agnostic execution system powering multi\-asset investing journeys at national scale\. • Strengthened onboarding, activation and compliance\-driven KYC flows through UX and systems improvements\. • Shipped Mutual Fund Model Portfolios with unified, investor\-centric workflows\. • Improved transaction reliability and execution consistency across asset classes\. • Partnered on strategic initiatives including the company’s entry into asset\-management capabilities\. • Built organisation\-wide frameworks for LTV, retention, cohorts and key product health metrics\. • Lead a multi\-pod product organisation across engineering, design, analytics, BD and compliance\.

Founding team at GetVantage, Sep 2019 \- Oct 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, GetVantage is India’s first Revenue\-Based Financing platform; providing growth capital to India’s emerging businesses, without founders having to dilute equity\. The data\-driven platform provides capital that’s recovered as small shares of future revenues\. • Built core systems for revenue\-based financing including LOS & LMS\. • Developed automated collections engine integrated with merchant sales behaviour\. • Worked closely with leadership on product, credit, data & fundraising initiatives\.

Investment Manager, Capital18 at Network18 Media & Investments Limited, Jun 2017 \- Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, • Founding investment manager of Capital18\- Investment arm of Network18 Group\. Instrumental in setup of the investment vehicle\. • Led investment of 6M $ in Infibeam, a public listed\(MCAP\~800M $\) B2B payment gateway & e\-commerce SAAS business\. • Led 3 M$ Pre\-IPO investment in SMC Global \(Current MCAP \~150M $\) , stock broker & lending conglomerate \(IPO in 2021\)\. Strategised and Led partnership strategy to drive business across SMBs & start\-ups for digital businesses of Network18\.

Manager, Investment team at Brand Capital at Bennett Coleman and Co\. Ltd\. \(Times Group\), May 2017 \- May 2017 · 1 mo, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, 1/4 investment analysts pan India to be promoted to manager for the FY 2017\-2018 for exceptional performance

Deputy Manager, Investment team at Brand Capital at Bennett Coleman and Co\. Ltd\. \(Times Group\), Jun 2015 \- Apr 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, • Sourced and led 4M $ investment in \- Weddingz\.in \(Platform for wedding venue booking\); exit via Acquisition by Oyo\. • Financial analysis, due diligence and deal sourcing across 10\+ deals with value crossing 30M $\+ between 2015\-17\.

## Education

PGDM \(MBA\), Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

B\.Tech\., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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