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Akudo

India's first learning-focused neobank for teenagers

Y CombinatorSummer 2021InactiveFintechPaymentsFintech

What they do

Problem

Teenagers in India lack access to independent banking tools and structured financial education to build good money habits early.

Solution

Akudo provides a learning-focused teen neobank with a personalized prepaid card, savings features, and gamified rewards tied to personal finance behavior and education.

Who it's for

Teenagers in India (and their parents/guardians who enable and oversee the account) use it.

Founders

Sajal Khanna
Founder

Cofounder of Akudo, a learning-first neobank for teenagers. Previously worked at Capital One in the Auto-finance vertical on credit analytics and data science. Through and through data person at heart.

Lavika Aggarwal
Founder

Love to build and a firefighter at heart. Have 6 years experience working at Capital One in compliance and risk management ++ co-owner of 2 patents for the same. An IIT Roorkee graduate. I never say no to discussions over tea :)

Jagveer Gandhi
Founder

I'm passionate about technology and all the good that it can do for humanity. My interests include software and data, finance, philosophy, and physics. When I'm not coding or brainstorming product ideas with my co-founders, you can find me exhausting myself at the local Crossfit gym or hiking.

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