How Jeeves Scaled Fintech to 25 Countries | CEO Dileep Thazhmon Interview

Today's guest is Dileep Thazhmon, Founder & CEO of Jeeves, one of the fastest-scaling fintechs to come out of Y Combinator (YC S20)

Before Jeeves, Dileep built PowerInbox (later Jeeng) to $40M in revenue and a ~$100M exit. While running PowerInbox, Dileep ran headfirst into the chaos of cross-border payments, multiple cards, multiple bank accounts, different payment rails in every country, making his CFO's life a daily reconciliation nightmare.

After his exit, he set out to solve that exact problem and founded Jeeves. Today it's valued at over $2B, operates in 25 countries, and powers global spend for thousands of companies.

In the full episode, we cover:

- His early years and the unlikely path that led him into fintech
- How the idea for Jeeves came directly out of his own pain as a founder
- Why B2B fintech is a completely different game from B2C 
- His experience going through Y Combinator 
- What it's like having Ben Horowitz and a16z as investor
- The fintech opportunities he's most excited about right now
- His hiring philosophy
- The one piece of advice he'd give young graduates

If you're in fintech, building a company, or curious how global fintech actually gets built, this one's worth your time.

Connect with Dileep Thazhmon:

X: https://x.com/thazhmon
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thazhmon/

Matthew Cheung (Host & Founder Work in Fintech):
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcheung50/ 

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