RevUp Jaipur:
What it Takes to Build Sustainable Startups

Harshil is the co-founder and CEO of Razorpay, a disruptor in the Indian payments landscape. An alumnus of IIT Roorkee, he worked with Schlumberger for a year, before quitting to start Razorpay - an idea that he discovered after witnessing the state of online payments in India. Razorpay is one of the earliest Indian companies to be selected for the prestigious Y Combinator programme in the Silicon Valley and is one of the best payment solution provider that offers full stack solutions for online players today.

TEDx Speaker, Guest Columnist at The Indian Economist, Startup Mentor and Advisor, Founder Neos Angels and My Career Architects are some of the many hats worn by Paresh. An alumnus of Sri Ram College of Commerce, and the London School of Business, Paresh is also a first attempt Chartered Accountant. Paresh has been associated with reputed organizations like PwC, HSBC and Adventity Global Services among others over his career of over 13 years spread across Asia, Europe, Middle East and Europe. In 2011, Paresh made a return back to India to start his entrepreneurial journey and has since founded and mentored several successful startups like SHArP Edge Learning (a three time national award winning company), Concept Originator, MyCareerArchitects and MAPyourskills.

An alumnus of IIT Madras and Carnegie Mellon University, Vishwas has been at the core of the retail technology business for over 12 years, heading the P&L for hardlines businesses at Amazon in North America. Given his sharp business acumen, Vishwas discovered the huge potential in one of India’s most fragmented and untapped markets - Fashion and Imitation Jewellery. This led to Vishwas launching VOYLLA, a long standing dream in 2012. And, over the past five years, he has made sustained efforts towards understanding customers, setting up a robust back end systems and establishing a well curated online store for jewellery, one that aims to redefine fashion and beauty in India.