Sanjib Jha

Sanjib is a globally recognized expert in financial services, impact and startup ecosystem.

He was hired by the World Bank to help execute the $500 million Innovative MSME Funding Program of the Government of India, which was operationalized by SIDBI. He was involved in conceptualizing the 59 minutes loan along with the World Bank. He further led the $1.5 billion Fund of Fund for Start-ups in India.

He was the founding team member of Intellecap- Aavishkar Group and the founding CEO of IntelleGrow, the first Start-up lending company in India. At IntelleGrow, he raised ~$80 million from international investors and disbursed over $65million to more than 100 enterprises, thus creating the startup lending industry in India.

As the CFO of Intellecap- Aavishkar Group, he led the acquisition of Arohan, the first and only acquisition in the Indian microfinance industry and was the Promoter representative on the Board for 4 years.