Building the SaaS layer On Payments | Ezetap
This episode gives a fascinating peek into the evolution of the payment ecosystem in India through the lens of Byas Nambisan, an early pioneer in the payments space!
Ezetap is one of the earliest startups in the payments space, having started more than a decade back.
Founded by some of the biggest names in the startup industry today, including Sanjay Swamy, who manages Prime Venture Partners, and Abhijit Bose, who was formerly the India Head of Whatsapp, the startup has a fascinating growth curve.
Ezetap started as a payment device company before pivoting into a payments SaaS one.
The startup was recently acquired by Razorpay at a very healthy valuation.
Byas shares his experience of steering the company through turbulent times and his own learnings from the journey.
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Some of the things he shared:-
Winning a contract with SBI
Becoming device agnostic
Transition from CFO to CEO way of thinking
Tactics for a successful acquisition
Additional readings:-
Pause and evolve: How Byas Nambisan changed fintech startup Ezetap’s course after its founders' exit
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