Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
A co-founding CTO for a venture-backed InsureTech business.
OneAssist · Peak XV Partners portfolio
OneAssistPeak XV Partners portfolio
OneAssist is an InsureTech player in the financial, device and electronics protection space. Peak XV and Lightspeed Venture Partners are investors in the company.
- Role
- Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
- Sector
- InsureTech, Peak XV Partners portfolio
- Location
- India
- Outcome
- Successfully placed
Mandates led by Avneesh Raghuvanshi over the course of his career at previous firms, before Antik Consultants was established in August 2026.
The situation
- Situation that led to the mandate
- Our clients were the co-founders and investors. Since both co-founders came from a banking and payments background, they were looking to add a Chief Technology Officer as part of their founding and leadership team.
- Market
- Indian talent pool residing in India or overseas, with a strong background in technology development.
- Timing
- Our commitment was to deliver the shortlisted candidates within 4 weeks.
Client need
It was important that the person should be a technologist with an extremely strong background in having built products and customer service.
It was also important that the person should have the maturity to work closely with the rest of the leadership team and display an entrepreneurial mindset.
The ability to attract and retain a high-quality team within the budgetary constraints faced by a start-up was also an important requirement.
The challenge
To identify, convince and evaluate senior candidates with adequate background, reputation and softer skills commensurate to the role, and willing to join a start-up.
The appointment
Appointee
Mr Saurabh Chandra
- ex-Partner, Qualtech Consultants
- ex-AVP, GCC Singapore, Citibank
Impact since the appointment
Saurabh has been instrumental in leading the company to be a leader in the space in India. He has built the teams and established the processes.
Recently, they have acquired a British company in the space, and he is leading the merger from the technology perspective.
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