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title: "Sourav Karmakar - Building OpenFX in Bengaluru South | Tal"
description: "Meet Sourav Karmakar, Payments & Market Expansion @ OpenFX | Former AVP @ CoinDCX & BitOasis | Cross-Border Banking, Payments & FX Infrastructure based in Bengaluru South. AI stack includes anthropic apis, claude code, and claude."
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# Sourav Karmakar on Tal

## Headline

Payments & Market Expansion @ OpenFX \| Former AVP @ CoinDCX & BitOasis \| Cross\-Border Banking, Payments & FX Infrastructure

## About

Building infrastructure that moves money across borders \- FX liquidity, stablecoin rails, and trading systems at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto\. Leading India and key new markets launch at OpenFX, building cross\-border payment infrastructure across 10\+ currencies\. $70B annualized volume\. $94M Series A from Accel, Atomico, Lightspeed, Pantera\. 15\+ years scaling trading platforms, payment infrastructure, and growth across fintech, crypto exchanges, and derivatives\. Previously AVP Product at CoinDCX & BitOasis Dubai\. Always up for conversations about the future of money movement\.

## Location

Bengaluru South

## AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

cursor

n8n

notion

## Work experience

Building OpenFX at OpenFX, Dec 2025 \- Present · 9 mos, Payments and New Markets launch @ OpenFX \[APAC, Middle East\] Reach out if you are looking for Payments & Banking solution with best FX across 11\+ currencies Email\- sourav@openfx\.com Calendly \- https://calendly\.com/sourav\-openfx/

AVP, Growth Product & Revenue at CoinDCX, Oct 2024 \- Nov 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Growth Product head for Spot & Derivatives Markets\(INR and USDT Futures\),KOL,VIP programme and AI Advisory Product, Experimentation platform and Onboarding\-Compliance\. Product head for Bahrain Spot/ OTC market & BitOasis UAE market for crypto investments\.

Investor at Volt Money, Dec 2022 \- Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Angel investor

Director of Products, Derivatives Trading & Growth Product at CoinDCX, Aug 2022 \- Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Built the growth product org from scratch and led the end\-to\-end derivatives experience—shipping activation, risk, and monetization levers that moved core business metrics\.

Associate Director at WhiteHat Jr, Mar 2021 \- Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Owned product for Mexico & Brazil, launching localized learning and payments experiences; led cross\-border squads to improve acquisition and learner outcomes\.

Lead Product Manager at Vedantu, Dec 2019 \- Mar 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Drove the growth platform for live classes—onboarding, engagement, referrals, and monetization—scaling teacher–student liquidity during the remote\-learning surge\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Mathematics and Computer Science, B\.P\. Poddar Institute Of Management and Technology

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