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title: "Ritesh Kumar - Founder in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ritesh Kumar, Founder | Building Rupeeit based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude and openai."
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# Ritesh Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Founder \| Building Rupeeit

## About

I am a fintech operator and second\-time founder with experience across wealth\-tech, brokerage, banking, and startup growth\. Previously, built and led Protip, an AI\-driven mutual fund investment platform, taking it from zero to product launch, early customer adoption, strategic partnerships, and eventual exit\. I was also part of the founding team at FundExpert, which was later acquired by Kotak Securities, where I worked across wealth distribution and investor growth\. Additionally, led partnerships, distribution, and growth initiatives at FYERS, Axis Bank, and Castler, building expertise in fintech integrations, user acquisition, and financial ecosystem scaling\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

openai

## Work experience

Founder at Rupeeit, Aug 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, India's AI\-first stocks & mutual fund intelligence platform\.

Founder & CEO at Protip, Jul 2024 \- Jul 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Heading Partner Relations at FYERS, Mar 2024 \- Jul 2024 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Manager \- Business & Growth at Castler, Aug 2023 \- Feb 2024 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Business & growth at Kotak Securities, Nov 2021 \- Sep 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos, Banglore, Founding member \- Fundexpert Fintech which later got acquired by Kotak securities

Priority banking at Axis Bank, Apr 2020 \- Nov 2021 · 1 y 7 mo, Bangalore

## Education

PGDBF, Banking and Financial Support Services, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

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