WeRize Employee Directory

Financial ServicesKarnataka, India501-1000 Employees

* WeRize is a "category creator" building an AI native social distribution fintech platform for 300Mn+ underserved customers living in 5k+ small cities and towns of India (India-2).

* WeRize operates as a three-sided marketplace connecting 17,000+ trained local freelancers with India-2 customers and partner financial institutions, all powered by a full-stack AI operating layer that creates a “flywheel of trust” with self-reinforcing network effects.

* WeRize operates a differentiated, asset-light social distribution model through 17,000+ financially literate local freelancers across 5,000+ small cities, serving as high-trust human touchpoints without any branch infrastructure. WeRize’s wide product suite enables strong freelancer economics and retention

* Despite high growth, we have been profitable since 2023 and our profitability is growing multi-fold every year.

* WeRize is a full-stack platform that co-brands and co-creates financial products along with financial institutions. WeRize has used 20Bn+ data points across 4Mn+ households to offer customised secured/unsecured loans, insurance and investment products to its customer base.

* End-to-end AI stack is built in-house and trained on proprietary data. 

* CEO and Co-founder Vishal Chopra was the first hire at Amazon India and later scaled LendingKart’s (an Indian Fintech owned by Temasek) business 7.5x over 2.5 years as CBO. Vishal holds an MBA from Indian School of Business (ISB). Himanshu Gupta, Co-founder and Chief AI Officer, holds a Bachelor's degree from IIT Delhi and has 15+ years of experience across IBM and S&P, and architected LendigKart’s AI/ML risk engine.

* Launched in 2019, we have raised $26Mn+ equity from investors such as British International Investment (UK government impact fund), 3one4 Capital, Picus, Sony Innovation Fund and other global VC/PE funds.

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