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OTPless names Geetanshu Singla as CTO
By Abha Lohia · Editor ·
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Bengaluru
- OTPless is a Bengaluru identity and access startup whose login tools are used by large consumer apps
- It has hired Geetanshu Singla, a former BharatPe technology head and Genwise co-founder, as chief technology officer
- He joins after the co-founders took the CEO and COO posts and a business chief was named, with revenue at ₹36 Cr annualised
What happened
- OTPless appointed Geetanshu Singla as CTO.
- He will run engineering, product, architecture, reliability and security.
- He earlier led technology at BharatPe.
- He co-founded Genwise, which closed last December.
Why it matters
- Leadership has been reshuffled in quick steps over three weeks.
- Co-founder Satyam Nathani became CEO and Tanmay Sagar COO on 18 September.
- Manas Poddar became chief business officer on 1 October.
The business
- OTPless offers login and fraud-prevention technology.
- Its tools include silent network authentication, WhatsApp login, device intelligence and passkeys.
- It says it has authenticated over 300 million users.
- Customers include Meesho, Zepto, Navi and ixigo.
- Annualised revenue is ₹36 Cr, up 2.5 times, and it has broken even for two quarters.
The founders
In numbers
₹36 CrAnnualised revenue · 2026
300 million+Users authenticated · 2026
The numbers around it
OTPless has 1 funding rounds in StopDown's archive, $6.5M raised in all.
| When | Round | Amount | Led by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2024 | Pre-Series A | $3.5 million | Undefined |
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Terms in this story
- Startup: A startup is a young company built to find a new way of doing something and to grow fast, usually by serving many customers at little extra cost. India also has a legal definition for scheme benefits: under ten years old, turnover under ₹200 crore, and working on innovation or a scalable model.
- Co-founder equity: Split equity by what each founder will contribute from now on, not by who had the idea, and attach vesting so that a founder who leaves early does not keep a large share for doing little. In India, founders usually do this through reverse vesting in the shareholders' agreement.
- Annualised run-rate: Annualised run-rate is a recent short-period figure multiplied up to a full year, so a month of orders becomes a yearly pace. It shows momentum, not what the company has earned, and it differs from the audited numbers in annual results.
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