The company

Artoo's mission is to catalyze equal opportunity for all; and our vision is to become the Google of financial inclusion - democratizing financial services beyond the wildest current imagination. Our core dynamic is our missionary zeal to go the extra mile in order to empower the borrower, the field officer and the customer enterprise, to leapfrog to success - and it drives all our innovations, systems and processes.

This built-to-last, here-to-stay nature of the company, stemming from a fierce commitment to the cause, should tell you this - we are here for the long haul.

The company

Artoo's mission is to catalyze equal opportunity for all; and our vision is to become the Google of financial inclusion - democratizing financial services beyond the wildest current imagination. Our core dynamic is our missionary zeal to go the extra mile in order to empower the borrower, the field officer and the customer enterprise, to leapfrog to success - and it drives all our innovations, systems and processes.

This built-to-last, here-to-stay nature of the company, stemming from a fierce commitment to the cause, should tell you this - we are here for the long haul.

The company

Artoo's mission is to catalyze equal opportunity for all; and our vision is to become the Google of financial inclusion - democratizing financial services beyond the wildest current imagination. Our core dynamic is our missionary zeal to go the extra mile in order to empower the borrower, the field officer and the customer enterprise, to leapfrog to success - and it drives all our innovations, systems and processes.

This built-to-last, here-to-stay nature of the company, stemming from a fierce commitment to the cause, should tell you this - we are here for the long haul.

The company

Artoo's mission is to catalyze equal opportunity for all; and our vision is to become the Google of financial inclusion - democratizing financial services beyond the wildest current imagination. Our core dynamic is our missionary zeal to go the extra mile in order to empower the borrower, the field officer and the customer enterprise, to leapfrog to success - and it drives all our innovations, systems and processes.

This built-to-last, here-to-stay nature of the company, stemming from a fierce commitment to the cause, should tell you this - we are here for the long haul.

Our family at Artoo is a delightful mix of thinkers, builders, dreamers, superheroes, and more.

The Management Team

Sameer Segal
Founder and CEO

Iron Man

Sameer discovered his passion for inclusive technology during an internship at Ujjivan in 2008. He realized the only meaningful way to impact service quality for borrowers was to empower field agents to do more for them at their doorsteps. He designed a simple software solution so that a task that had taken 15 days could now be done in an instant. Artoo grew from this simple idea. As CEO, Sameer heads Sales, Product, and Partnerships, at Artoo. He believes firmly that the world’s most intuitive technology should be available to those who need it the most. Sameer holds a BTech from NITK.

Sameer Segal
Founder and CEO

Iron Man

Sameer discovered his passion for inclusive technology during an internship at Ujjivan in 2008. He realized the only meaningful way to impact service quality for borrowers was to empower field agents to do more for them at their doorsteps. He designed a simple software solution so that a task that had taken 15 days could now be done in an instant. Artoo grew from this simple idea. As CEO, Sameer heads Sales, Product, and Partnerships, at Artoo. He believes firmly that the world’s most intuitive technology should be available to those who need it the most. Sameer holds a BTech from NITK.

Kaushik Bhat
VP Engineering

Captain America

Kaushik joined Artoo because he felt it was an opportunity to make an impact rather than simply build technology for technology’s sake. He quickly found that he was deeply passionate about understanding the customer’s needs and doing whatever it takes to make field users happy. Kaushik works closerly with the different teams at Artoo to empower users to make the most of Artoo’s technology. He firmly believes technology is pointless unless it impacts people’s lives. Prior to Artoo, Kaushik worked with Infosys’ Products Division building scalable web products. He holds a BE from the University of Mumbai.

Ujjwal Trivedi
VP Product

Batman

Ujjwal started his career as a typical engineering graduate, campus-recruited by a large services company; a few years of coding down the line, he discovered his true superpowers—working with business. As a product manager he has worked on more than 20 products for both mobile and web. While he has worked with Times Internet in the past, Ujjwal moved to Artoo, as he believes that financial inclusion is truly going to move the needle for the Indian economy. He enjoys being able to make a direct impact on the user’s life through the products he creates. Besides Artoo-life, Ujjwal volunteers with Headstart, and enjoys reading and writing poetry.

Ujjwal Trivedi
VP Product

Batman

Ujjwal started his career as a typical engineering graduate, campus-recruited by a large services company; a few years of coding down the line, he discovered his true superpowers—working with business. As a product manager he has worked on more than 20 products for both mobile and web. While he has worked with Times Internet in the past, Ujjwal moved to Artoo, as he believes that financial inclusion is truly going to move the needle for the Indian economy. He enjoys being able to make a direct impact on the user’s life through the products he creates. Besides Artoo-life, Ujjwal volunteers with Headstart, and enjoys reading and writing poetry.

Aparna Vaikuntam
Senior SDE - Full Stack

Hermione Granger

Aparna joined Artoo because she felt the idea of combining cutting edge technology with the satisfaction of creating social impact was almost too good to be true. She is a part of the engineering team. She is working on our web platform and raving about the thrill of developing exciting new features and actually see it getting used to make a difference. Aparna has worked with Samsung, Applied Communication Sciences and Infosys in the past. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Shrivatsa Swadi
Principal Engineer

Phantom

Shrivatsa has been interested in using technology to bring changes on the ground, especially to benefit those outside the grid. He works on the technology operations at Artoo. As a part of the engineering team, he is working to make the systems intuitive, efficient and reliable. Being part of small team attempting to build and scale a challenging goal of bringing financial access to everyone, he loves the challenge of constantly being on his feet and looking for new vistas to conquer. Previously, he has worked at Nokia and Freecharge and holds a BE in Computer Science from SJCE, Mysore.

Basil Roy
Senior Account Manager

Doctor Strange

Basil joined Artoo curious to learn more about the problems that it was trying to solve. Now thoroughly inspired by the mission and vision of the company, he works on understanding and solving the problems faced by Artoo’s clients, and ensuring fruitful and longstanding partnerships with them. He enjoys meeting people both through, and outside of work, and can be found listening to tunes by Agam and Coldplay in his spare time. Basil holds an engineering degree from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kerala, and has worked with Infosys, as well as a number of other start-ups, in the past.