Abhishek has been a 3x entrepreneur focused on FinTech and BlockchainTech. He's a Forbes 30 under 30 Asia honoree, a 3-times Author, an Ethereum Foundation Fellow, and a UNDP INSPIRO Fellow. Earlier at Brú Finance, he brought Blockchain to farmers to save their income, covering 1,400 warehouses & 20,000+ farmers and US $300 Million in committed TVL and connected them to global DeFi lenders, supported by United Nations Development Programme, IIM Ahmedabad and MassChallenge USA. At Bru, he was instrumental in raising US $350,000 of VC funds and US $200,000+ in equity-free grants. He's also a Blockchain Educator and has taught 8,000+ faculty, PhDs, and students globally. He is a public speaker and has delivered talks at SmartCon ’22 in New York, DEVCON in Bogota, cNFTCon ’22 in Las Vegas, CITC Conference by Ministry of Communication and IT in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, AIBC Asia in Philippines in Jul '23, and Coinfest Asia in Bali, Indonesia in Aug ’23, at ETHSingapore and the Fintech Festival Asia in Thailand in Sep '23, Arab Fintech Forum in Qatar and ETHKL in Kuala Lumpur in Oct '23, web3BB in Japan in Dec '23, Blockchain Festival Asia in Singapore and AIBC Dubai in Feb '24.
