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In our BonBillo Founder Spotlight session, we had the chance to sit down with Saivya Chauhan, Founder and CEO of Blitz, Southeast Asia’s leading EV enabler platform. With a background in mechanical engineering and early experience at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Saivya has been instrumental in steering Blitz toward revolutionizing last-mile logistics in Indonesia. Update: In August 2025, Blitz closed a Pre-Series A funding round led by Malaysia-based Vynn Capital. This milestone marks a new chapter for the company as it accelerates its expansion across Indonesia. With a renewed focus on efficiency, high-quality clients, and scalable operations, Blitz is strategically aligning its resources to strengthen unit economics and drive long-term value - continuing its mission to advance electric mobility and sustainable business growth in the region.

Join us as we dive into the world of fintech innovation with insights from Lakshmi Kalapu, Director of Product Innovation at Visa in Singapore. Lakshmi brings deep product innovation expertise spanning top companies like PayPal, Wise and NIUM. In her lively session with the BonBillo community, Lakshmi shared her secrets to creating customer-centric solutions that are ahead of the competition. Get ready for a snapshot of her top tips and lessons learned!

Christopher Napoli, Head of Wealth & Asset Management at Snowflake, shares his insights with the BonBillo community on AI trends and opportunities.

Soumajit Bhowmik and Durga Dash share their journey founding Styched, India's largest online youth fashion brand with zero waste.

Gefen Skolnick, Founder and CEO, shares her journey founding Couplet Coffee, an LGBTQ+ and woman-led lifestyle brand that aims to make specialty coffee less pretentious and more accessible. UPDATE: Couplet Coffee opened their first in January 2025 in Westlake and their second store in Downtown Los Angeles at 888 S Figueroa Street in September 2025. Before Couplet opened its flagship shop, the coffee brand had already built a devoted following through its merchandise bold, community focus, and storytelling on social media. During a six-month contract, Couplet’s beans fueled thousands of Snap employees at the company’s Santa Monica headquarters.

UPDATE: In July 2025 Freight Tiger was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2025-2026. Swapnil Shah, CEO & Founder, attended the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin. Swapnil Shah shares his journey founding Freight Tiger, a software enabled marketplace and transportation management system (TMS) platform in India with over 400 shippers and 1500 transport companies.

Divya Kamerkar, Co-Founder and CEO of Pinky Promise, shares her journey of building an app that’s transforming access to reproductive healthcare for women in India. Pinky Promise provides accurate, instant, and high-quality information and services, empowering women to make informed health decisions with confidence and privacy. UPDATE: Divya’s leadership and impact was recognized with theBayer Foundation’s Women Entrepreneur Award. Since its launch, Pinky Promise has completed over 20,000 AI-assisted consultations, surpassed 150,000 downloads, and reached nearly 200,000 women — many from low-income communities — making it India’s fastest-growing women’s health app and a powerful force for accessible, tech-driven healthcare.

Pushkar Mukewar, Co-Founder and CEO of Drip Capital, shares his journey building a digital trade finance platform that has provided over $4 billion in loans to more than 6,000 SME exporters across emerging markets. By simplifying access to working capital, Drip Capital is empowering small and medium businesses to grow globally and compete on an equal footing in international trade. UPDATE: Drip Capital has secured $113 million in new funding, comprising $23 million in equity from Japan’s GMO Payment Gateway and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), along with $90 million in debt financingled by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and East West Bank. This milestone follows two years of rapid expansion, during which Drip has quadrupled its revenue and doubled its customer base, underscoring its growing impact in global trade finance.

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Jose Martins, Sales Manager at Hubspot, shares his insights on Customer Acquisition and how you can turn your website into a lead-generating machine.

''Measure What Matters’ by John Doerr highlights the importance of having clarity and focus to achieve your goals.

Muhammad Lila shares his journey from award-winning foreign correspondent at ABC and CNN to founding Goodable,, an AI-powered platform dedicated to curating positive, uplifting news. Built to counter negativity and improve mental well-being, Goodable delivers clinically backed, feel-good content designed to make people healthier and happier — one story at a time. UPDATE: Goodable has announced a major partnership with Yahoo, bringing its AI-powered positive news feed to hundreds of millions of Yahoo users. Visitors to Yahoo US will now see daily “healthiest content” selections powered by Goodable, marking a shared commitment to create the world’s most delightful, engaging, and personalized browsing experience across platforms.

Sid Goyal is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully founded multiple startups. In 2014, Sid traveled to Kenya as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for an early-stage VC fund and realized there was a lack of innovation within the health industry. Two years later, Sid and his co-founders launched Nivi in Kenya to provide women access to contraceptives and counseling through the use of mobile phones.

Allison Byers, Founder and CEO of Scroobious, previously raised nearly $10 million for a medical devices startup, where she realized the challenges underrepresented founders including women face during fundraising. She founded Scroobious to solve this problem by training diverse founders to create short video pitches and connect them to relevant investors.

Cyrus Sabouri, Vice President at Mastercard, believes that the future of payments includes using biometrics tokenization and the ubiquity of mobile devices to conduct commerce.

Richard Mensah shares his journey from founding 3 startups in Ghana to launching EllisX, a platform that gives startups access to high-quality media and speaking opportunities offering teams greater visibility to help scale their impact.

Lauren Abda shares her journey founding Branchfood, now the largest community of food startups in New England. Inspired by her own family’s experience with the power of food to create change, Lauren built a platform where entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders could connect to drive innovation across the food ecosystem. In 2025, Branchfood proudly celebrated its 10-year anniversary — marking a decade of cultivating one of the most vibrant and globally connected food innovation communities. UPDATE: As Branchfood grew, it became clear that while connections were vital, access to capital was a key barrier for founders. This insight led to the creation of Branch Venture Group, which began as an investment network and has since evolved into a venture fund. To date, it has invested in 26 early-stage food, agriculture, and sustainability companies, providing not only funding but also strategic support and industry expertise to help founders scale meaningful impact in the food system.

Dan Wexler and Kevin Hall share their mission behind EatWell — a company dedicated to making healthy eating affordable, accessible, and effortless through nutritious meal kits. By combining convenience with balanced ingredients, EatWell empowers individuals and families to make better food choices without sacrificing time or taste. UPDATE: EatWell is part of a new 16-week study led by UMass Lowell, in partnership with BJ’s Wholesale Club and the Greater Lowell Health Alliance, aimed at helping qualifying residents in the Greater Lowell area live healthier lives. Funded by a $185,000 grant from BJ’s Charitable Foundation, the study will recruit 120 residents aged 40 and older from local communities, with half receiving three EatWell Meal Kits per week — each providing nutritious ingredients and pantry staples to prepare wholesome meals for four.

Ana believes in order to scale your impact you have to deliver a product that solves a social issue while also generating revenue

Galen Karlan-Mason shares his journey founding GreenChoice, a grocery marketplace built for conscious consumers seeking products that align with their dietary needs, health goals, and sustainability values. By combining technology and transparency, GreenChoice helps shoppers make smarter, more personalized food choices with ease. UPDATE: GreenChoice has announced a strategic partnership with Provisions Wholesale, enabling customers of food co-ops on the Provisions platform to seamlessly shop for products that match their dietary restrictions, ingredient preferences, and sustainability priorities. This collaboration expands GreenChoice’s mission to make informed, values-driven grocery shopping accessible to even more communities.