Swapnil Shinde, CEO and Co-Founder of Zeni: $47+ Million Raised to Build the Finance Operations Category

Episode notes

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Swapnil Shinde , CEO and Co-Founder of Zeni , a finance operations platform that's raised over $47 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Swapnil’s background in computer science, and starting a service that was like Spotify for Indian music Working together with his identical twin brother Why startup bookkeeping is generally fragmented, complex, and lacking in insights, and how Zeni helps solve those problems Creating a new service category and disrupting a longstanding business Why fundraising becomes easier with every startup you found

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