Mr. Karan Mehta is associated with Ring as the Co-founder and CTO.  He brings almost a decade of technology-focused expertise to the platform. He is also one of the founding members of the successful venture, Kissht. A seasoned entrepreneur and an accomplished mind in the field of all things tech, Karan has a profound knowledge of AI, ML and deep tech, successfully leveraging them to substantially improve the Fintech landscape. 

He began his journey in the corporate world in 2011 with the Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. Working out of the Manhattan office, he learned the tricks of the trade on building financial technologies by manoeuvring through the dynamic and fast-paced ecosystem to deliver products that were state-of-the-art and cutting edge. 

Fuelled by the belief that a corporate entity would never be able to match the rapid adaptability of a start-up, he set off on his entrepreneurial path with Swipe Payments, a mobile POS solution. From inception to manifestation, Karan worked on the development of the product for two years. Building on from his experience with Swipe Payments he then went on to become the Co-Found of Kissht in 2015. Since then, he has built a fully digital and completely automated lending life cycle for consumer lending in India. With Ring he aims to provide customers with a unified and seamless platform to meet all their payment needs. Customers can use the Ring App to make payments on offline and online channels including merchant payments using QR Code, peer-to-peer payments and payment to self.

He completed his graduation from DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and completed his Master's degree in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania.

Over his many years as an entrepreneur, Karan believes that the key to success lies in a researched commitment to one's ideas and vision.