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Sudhanshu Shekhar

Founder

Founder at CheqUPI

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

FoundedCheqUPI Β· YC

About

Sudhanshu Shekhar previously held roles at Ispirt, Zeta, Headout, and Walmart. He is building CheqUPI, a payments application focused on serving foreign nationals and non-resident Indians in India.

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Mar 24, 2026

Founder at CheqUPIYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Sudhanshu went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran CheqUPI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Sudhanshu can intro founders to CheqUPI's investors below.

CheqUPI's investors Β· 2

Better CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at CheqUPI

MSManish Shukla
Manish ShuklaFounder

Experience

  1. EthosStaff Product Managercurrent2025 β€” presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  2. CheqCo-Founder & CEO2021 β€” 2025Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
  3. ProductNation/iSPIRTFellow2019 β€” 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  4. Zeta IndiaProduct Manager2019Bangalore
  5. Zeta IndiaAssociate Product Manager2017 β€” 2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  6. HeadoutSoftware Engineer2017Bangalore
  7. LearnharbourCo-founder2016 β€” 2017Bangalore
  8. @WalmartLabs IndiaSoftware Engineer2015 β€” 2016Greater Bengaluru Area
  9. KagzaatCo Founder / CTO2015Gurgaon
  10. Groupon Asia PacificSummer Intern2014Greater Chennai Area

Education

  1. Y Combinator2023
  2. IIIT HyderabadBachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Software Engineering2011 β€” 2015
  3. Delhi Public School GurgaonHigh School, Science2005 β€” 2011

Skills & more

Cryptocurrency Payment ProcessingProduct Life CycleKey Performance IndicatorsPrepaid CardsCompetitive AnalysisE-CommerceUser Experience (UX)NBFCCommercial LendingSmall Business LendingUnsecured LoansLending
+12 moreStrategic PartnershipsWritten CommunicationProduct Road MappingProduct DevelopmentProduct RequirementsProduct StrategyStartupsProduct ManagementProject ManagementStrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Analytical Skills

Languages English Β· French Β· Hindi

From Sudhanshu's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Ethos14

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalStephanie ZhanInvestor at Sequoia CapitalBrett BrowmanInvestor at Khosla VenturesIrving HsuInvestor at Mayfield FundHelen SohnDirector, Business Development at New York Life Ventures

+ 8 more

Also worked at Cheq1

Manish ShuklaFounder at CheqUPI

Also worked at ProductNation/iSPIRT7

Shekhar KiraniPartner at AccelSiddarth PaiFounding Partner at 3one4 CapitalSanjay JainPartner at Bharat FundDr Arvind GuptaAdvisor at Kalaari CapitalPrasanna KrishnamoorthyCEO and Co-founder, Upekkha at NSRCELSanjay ShahVenture Partner at Theia Ventures

+ 1 more

Also worked at Zeta India2

Nishant RaoFounding Partner at Avataar Venture PartnersManish ShuklaFounder at CheqUPI