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Shweta Rajpal Kohli
President & Chief Executive Officer
Startup Policy Forum
Shweta Rajpal Kohli is the President & CEO of Startup Policy Forum (SPF), an industry platform that represents 60 of India’s high growth startups, together valued at $100 billion. SPF supports its members on policy advocacy, ecosystem building and global outreach.
A public policy and media veteran with close to three decades of experience across venture capital, technology and media companies.
Shweta has led public policy teams in Asia for Peak XV, Sequoia Capital India, Salesforce and Uber.
She has worked closely with founders, government stakeholders and regulators to champion key issues within the startup ecosystem.
An award winning journalist, Shweta provided in-depth coverage of India’s economic policy making landscape during her media career.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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4:40–5:15pmWed 18 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremium
Policy Rewiring
Is Cross-Border Mutual Recognition Through Sandboxes Now Closer or Farther?
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Juan Pablo OrtegaCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerYuno
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Shweta Rajpal KohliPresident & Chief Executive OfficerStartup Policy Forum
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Arjun Vir SinghPartner, Global Head of Fintech & Digital AssetsArthur D. LittleModerator
About this session
Expanding across fragmented regional markets forces digital finance startups into repetitive licensing cycles that multiply compliance costs and stall international scale. Recent agreements between Rwanda’s central bank and its counterparts in Ghana and Kenya to establish fintech licence passporting show that cross-border supervisory reciprocity is moving from principle to practice. A recent survey by TechCabal Research revealed that 62.5% of regional fintechs already operate internationally or plan to, with an identical proportion backing passporting frameworks. This session convenes financial regulators and founders to examine how central banks can align supervisory frameworks and establish mutual recognition standards without compromising financial stability or compliance oversight.
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