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Neokred

Can a seed-stage Indian fintech infrastructure company become the default embedded finance operating layer—BaaS, KYC, and payments rails—for mid-market fintechs, D2C brands, and regional banks across India and the GCC?

Founded2019
HQBengaluru, Karnataka, India
FoundersTarun Suresh Nazare, Rohith Reji
Total raised$1.2M
Latest roundSeed
IndustryInfrastructure / BaaS
The story

Founded in 2019 as a digital infrastructure company for Indian fintechs, Neokred evolved from a KYC-and-payments toolkit into a full-spectrum embedded finance platform spanning profiling, payments, and privacy (the '3 P' stack). Its NeoBox Bank-in-a-Box product repositioned it as a BaaS infrastructure provider enabling non-bank businesses to launch regulated financial products without a bank license. The NPCI-certified UPI Switch signals an ambition to become payments rails for smaller banks and fintechs in India, while the UAE presence indicates early GCC expansion.

Last 12 months
2024-01
Product timeline
2019
Neokred Technologies Private Limited founded in Bengaluru by Tarun Suresh Nazare and Rohith Reji as an embedded finance infrastructure company.· pivot
2022
Launched ProfileX (KYC/identity orchestration), Collectbot (payment infrastructure), and Blutic (digital consent manager) as three modular pillars.· banking
2023
Launched NeoBox Bank-in-a-Box platform enabling businesses to deploy prepaid cards, virtual bank accounts, wallets, and BNPL services via API.· banking
2024
Achieved NPCI certification for UPI Switch product, enabling banks and fintechs to process real-time UPI transactions via Neokred infrastructure.· banking
2024
Partnered with Virenxia to jointly introduce the Kisan Card for farmers via IBS Intelligence coverage.· card
2025
Expanded presence to UAE; grew employee headcount to ~109; processed over $49B in transaction volume and verified over 40M profiles.· pivot
The stack
Payments / PSP
Collectbot (self-operated)UPI Switch (self-operated, NPCI Certified)
Lending
BNPL (via NeoBox)
Accounting gap: minor