Bhavin PatelCo Founder

India - Mumbai, Maharashtra

True to my roots of being a quintessential Gujarati, I am positively stereotypical in my entrepreneurial approach. I co-founded LenDenClub in 2015 with a vision of having an enhanced investor experience. Despite not being blessed with top B-school credentials and experience from the big giants, I am a go-getter, bullish, very desi, ROI minded and like to understand the consumers by the pulse.

I brought P2P in India and I didn't believe in running after seed funding - I first built the base and only then approached for seed funding. There is no success with shortcuts and this belief of mine makes me an advocate of hard work, discipline and integrity.

Discipline comes from my sports background and love for sports - an avid football player and has in fact found my LenDenClub co-founder through football itself - Dipesh, with whom I played and still play football. This culture of football has thus been instilled amongst every LenDenite through a positive reinforcement of participation every Thursday post work. I religiously play football every Sunday with my circle at 4 in the morning.

I am passionate about what I do, whether it's work, football, fitness or love for mobiles & cars. Hierarchy is never a yardstick for me and l prefer being emphatic and equal in my day-to-day interactions with team members whether a GET/MT or my Co-Founder.

I've learnt from my experiences immensely, far more than what books could've taught me. And it's only fair to pass on what you get. My ambition is not just to be a successful entrepreneur but I yearn to be a contributor to the nation by disrupting the FinTech space.