32: Sashank Rishyasringa (axio‪)‬ 1947 Rise

Sashank Rishyasringa is the Co-Founder of axio, India's leading consumer finance company offering pay later, credit and personal finance management under one seamless brand experience. Earlier axio was known as Capital Float.

axio is backed by one of the best investors globally. The likes of Elevation Capital, Sequoia India, Lightrock, Creation Investments Capital Management LLC, Ribbit Capital, and Amazon.

Show Notes

Sashank’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US, and then moving back to India (1:21)
The founding story of axio (Capital Float) (3:40)
The Aha moment at axio  (6:40)
The evolution of credit and lending in India (11:30)
What drives him (15:50)
A superpower that he sees in his co-founder Gaurav Hinduja (20:10)
What’s the magical outcome that he holds for axio (21:35)
What’s his relationship with success (24:35)
What has he changed his mind on recently (26:40)
A change he would like to see in the ecosystem (29:45)
If money and attention are not needed anymore what would he work on (32:40)
Who is he outside of work (36:00)