Lokesh Rahul Srinivasan

Founder at Jade Grid · Consumer finance · lending, growth

Jade Grid

Chennai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

9+ years experience

Indian Statistical Institute

English, Hindi, Tamil

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Founder of Jade Grid (consumer finance). 9 years of building before that. Signed 199 paying customers, 4 of them enterprises. Before that: Groww and Zerodha. Most at home with consumer fintech and Rust. Swimming before work keeps me sane.

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Rustconsumer fintechcompliancegrowthlending

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Jade Grid is hiring 4 product designers in Chennai

Role: Product designer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: ₹36-55 LPA
Team: Founding team, 7 people
Start: Within two months
Must have: A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Clear written communication
Process: Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp ₹42-50 LPA. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Chennai, Indiagrowthrustcompliance

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Office hours for founders preparing a seed round: consumer finance and Rust

Topics: consumer finance, Rust, lending
Format: Calls
Terms: Free for early founders
Capacity: One advisory role at a time
Best for: First-time founders

9 years of consumer finance. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

Chennai, India · remote OKconsumer fintechrustgrowth

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Experience

Founder
Jul 2025 - Present
Jade Grid · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company.
- Raised $17 million across 3 rounds.
Enterprise Account Executive
Sep 2021 - Jul 2025
Groww · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Shortened the public sector sales cycle from 7 months to 3.
- Opened 6 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.
Sales Development Representative
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
Zerodha · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Shortened the public sector sales cycle from 9 months to 6.
Sales Manager
Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
Axis Bank · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Signed 17 channel partners that now source 22% of pipeline.
- Built the public sector team from 5 to 32 reps.

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Education

Indian Statistical Institute
M.Stat, Economics
2018 - 2020
Symbiosis International University
BBA, Economics
2013 - 2017

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