Puneet Gupta

Puneet is a Co-Founder at kaleidofin, a fintech platform that works towards ensuring access of financial services for everyone, everywhere. Puneet believes that the power of technology can be harnessed to amplify the role financial services can play in the lives of customers. kaleidofin works with informal sector households with a special focus on women entrepreneurs, nano enterprises, small and marginal farmers, and youth. The Company provides financial solutions for its customers via the Kaleidofin platform, combining credit health assessment (ki score), risk management dashboards, middleware rails, and debt capital markets structuring capabilities. kaleidofin’s credit scoring model called ki score and its risk infrastructure is being used by 65+ financial institutions in India and East Africa and has been used to sanction over 11 million loans aggregating to over USD 10 billion in new funding to its informal sector customers.

Prior to setting up kaleidofin, Puneet was also a co-founder at Dvara Trust and Northern Arc Capital (erstwhile IFMR Trust Group). He currently serves on the Investment Committee at the Incubation Cell at IIT Madras. He began his formal career with ICICI Bank where he worked for a period of 7 years in various roles including coordinating the work of the micro finance practice at ICICI Bank. Puneet also has experience in running and managing his family agri-business for a period of 4 years. He is a commerce graduate with a master’s degree in Rural Management from Institute of Rural Management.