E94 - Transforming Indian FinTech w/smallcase's Vasanth Kamath

<p>In this Episode, I<strong> </strong>(<a href="https://twitter.com/jivraj_sachar">@Jivraj Singh Sachar</a>)<strong> </strong>speak with <a href="https://twitter.com/vasanthkamath">Vasanth Kamath, Co-Founder &amp; CEO of smallcase</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>smallcase is one of the most disruptive companies of India, transforming the FinTech landscape of the country, one product at a time. What started as a quest to fill a gap for retail investors who wanted to move from Mutual Funds to Equity, has now become an entire asset class in itself, which is further building multiple products on top of it.</p> <p>Today, smallcase provides millions of consumers the choice to buy a basket of stocks, making it incredibly simplified to participate in the capital markets. Further, it has built a publishing platform for independent financial managers, which democratises the field for financial creators &amp; entrepreneurs like no other. It has built gateway, a platform that simplifies transactions for brokers, and has launched ticker tape for consumers to better analyse their own stock picks and more. This is only a part of their brilliance, as they truly transform the FinTech experience for consumers and other stakeholders in the country.</p> <p>It is absolutely phenomenal how innovative they are as a company. The product excellence DNA, consumer delight baked in, and strong infrastructure at the backend, makes them standout exceptionally well. Today, smallcase is a common noun and an asset class by itself. I sit down with Vasanth Kamath, its Co-Founder &amp; CEO to demystify how they got here.</p> <p>Through this mind blowing hour long chat, Vasanth helps us decode the org design that makes it possible for smallcase to launch multiple products with excellence. He helps us understand what goes behind creating a truly differentiated and category creating company. He also explains his thought process around culture, team building, managing multiple stakeholders and building in a regulated market.We discuss the following through this con