About
Amrish Rau is CEO of Pine Labs. Previously, he founded and led Citrus Pay, which was acquired by Naspers in a major Southeast Asian fintech transaction. Through White Venture Capital, he invests in fintech, commerce, and consumer internet startups, with portfolio companies including KhataBook, Cred, Jupiter, BankOpen, MPL, OnJuno, and Dunzo.
Experience
- Pine LabsCEOcurrent2020 β present
- Naspers Limited (Fintech PayU)Fintech Investments & Partnerships2019 β 2020Singapore
- Naspers Limited (Fintech PayU)PayU India CEO2016 β 2019Singapore
- Citrus Payment Solutions Pvt. LtdCo-Founder & MD2013 β 2016Start Up
- First Data CorporationCEO, First Data Merchant Solutions Asia2012 β 2013Singapore
- First Data CorporationVice President & Country Manager2005 β 2013
- NCR CorporationGeneral Manager - ASEAN Region2005ASEAN
- TeradataGeneral Manager2000 β 2005
- NCR CorporationRegional Manager Sales1997 β 2000
- Siemens NixdorfSales Manager1996 β 1997
Skills & more
Leadership49Strategy35Business Strategy99CRM65Data Warehousing9E-commerce59International Sales6Mobile Devices55Mobile Payments16Payment Card Processing13Payments99Payment Systems42
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Relationship ManagementRetailSalesProduct ManagementBankingSolution SellingVendor ManagementCredit CardsBusiness AnalysisAccount ManagementAcquiringElectronic PaymentsFrom Amrish's professional profile.
Colleagues at Varanium NexGen
Aashish Agarwal
Managing Director of Jefferies at Varanium NexGen
Aman Jain
Investment Associate at Varanium NexGen
Aparajit Bhandarkar
Partner at Varanium NexGen
Jitendra Gupta
Advisor to Investment Committee at Varanium NexGen
Madhusudanan R
Investment Committee at Varanium NexGen
Nawal Bachhuka
Principal at Varanium NexGen
Paul Abraham
Advisory Board for Venture Debt at Varanium NexGen
Romesh Sobti
Advisory Board for Venture Debt at Varanium NexGen
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Amrish Rau?
- Amrish Rau is CEO of Pine Labs. Previously, he founded and led Citrus Pay, which was acquired by Naspers in a major Southeast Asian fintech transaction. Through White Venture Capital, he invests in fintech, commerce, and consumer internet startups, with portfolio companies including KhataBook, Cred, Jupiter, BankOpen, MPL, OnJuno, and Dunzo.
- Where does Amrish Rau work?
- Amrish Rau is CEO of Pine Labs at Varanium NexGen.
- Where did Amrish Rau go to school?
- Amrish Rau studied at BE.
Founder mafias
Varanium NexGen mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Shared employers
Also worked at Naspers Limited (Fintech PayU)15
Louis DussartVP, Europe at RTP GlobalLarry IllgAdvisor at Delin VenturesRomero RodriguesInvestor at HeadlineEmil JerslingSenior Growth Manager at Orbit StartupsRussell DreisenstockManaging Partner at Tanglin Venture PartnersAnderson TheesManaging Partner at Redpoint eventures
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Also worked at Citrus Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd4
Also worked at First Data Corporation20
Miles KilburnManaging Partner at Mosaik PartnersDamian ZapΕataInvestor at Inovo VCSunil SabharwalAdvisor at SPiCE VCCem MimaroglouScout Partner at Zacua VenturesKwamena AffulFounding Partner at MicrotractionAlex CeperoVP of Finance and Sr Controller at Upper90
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Also worked at NCR Corporation26
Kazuhiro KobayashiHead of Japan at Sozo VenturesScott SobelFounding Partner at Valor Capital GroupKiran (Ken) SampatInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsSam IferganFounder & Managing Partner at iGan PartnersKim BerknovSenior Advisor at FraserChristophe PrimaultVenture Partner at Elaia
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