27 min

RCP #2 Building a profitable $12m ARR company in 30 months, with Omair Ansari [CEO @ Abhi‪]‬ The Rally Cap Podcast

    • Investing

Omair Ansari is the co-founder and CEO of Abhi, one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in South Asia and the Middle East.

Timestamps:
(1:36) Quick background on Omair and Abhi
(2:32) Abhi's performance in numbers
(4:12) Dirtiest MVP and figuring out the market need
(6:12) Early Wage Access is a tax on the poor?
(08:19) The moment when numbers went exponential
(11:58) Does SME lending scale?
(13:34) Key factor for a successful market expansion
(15:44) Preferring mercenaries over missionaries
(18:37) From equity to off-balance sheet lending
(19:22) Structuring debt instruments in emerging markets
(21:52) Winning market share in down markets
(23:15) Early mistakes: no more missionaries
(25:07) Bottleneck for growth and Abhi2.0

References:
Figopara - https://www.t-vine.com/turkiyes-risin...
Creditas - https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/25/bra...
LendingTree - https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/01/lendi...

Listen on other platforms:
Apple: coming soon
Spotify: coming soon

Where to find Omair:
LinkedIn:   / omair-ansari-40494329  

Where to find Kyane:
Twitter:   / kyanekassiri  
Linkedin:   / kyanekassiri  

Learn more about Rally Cap: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/ral...

Check out our Climate Newsletter:   / rallycapclimate  

Omair Ansari is the co-founder and CEO of Abhi, one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in South Asia and the Middle East.

Timestamps:
(1:36) Quick background on Omair and Abhi
(2:32) Abhi's performance in numbers
(4:12) Dirtiest MVP and figuring out the market need
(6:12) Early Wage Access is a tax on the poor?
(08:19) The moment when numbers went exponential
(11:58) Does SME lending scale?
(13:34) Key factor for a successful market expansion
(15:44) Preferring mercenaries over missionaries
(18:37) From equity to off-balance sheet lending
(19:22) Structuring debt instruments in emerging markets
(21:52) Winning market share in down markets
(23:15) Early mistakes: no more missionaries
(25:07) Bottleneck for growth and Abhi2.0

References:
Figopara - https://www.t-vine.com/turkiyes-risin...
Creditas - https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/25/bra...
LendingTree - https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/01/lendi...

Listen on other platforms:
Apple: coming soon
Spotify: coming soon

Where to find Omair:
LinkedIn:   / omair-ansari-40494329  

Where to find Kyane:
Twitter:   / kyanekassiri  
Linkedin:   / kyanekassiri  

Learn more about Rally Cap: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/ral...

Check out our Climate Newsletter:   / rallycapclimate  

27 min