# Pradeep Bhatia

> Pradeep Bhatia is co-founder and CEO of Derivative Path, a capital markets technology and advisory business launched in 2013. A former head of bank coverage for derivatives at Wells Fargo, he has led the company’s expansion from interest rate derivatives tools for smaller financial institutions into foreign exchange, commodities, payments and risk management.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Derivative Path
- **Organizations:** Derivative Path, Wells Fargo, ABN AMRO, Société Générale, U.S. Bank
- **Known for:** Co-founded Derivative Path in 2013., Led the business through its first outside institutional funding, a $35 million FTV Capital investment in 2020., Reported more than 300 clients using the platform as a system of record at the end of 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2013** — Held senior roles at ABN AMRO, Société Générale and U.S. Bank; led Bank Coverage for Derivatives at Wells Fargo. Exact dates and order of the earlier roles are not established.
- **2013** — Co-founded Derivative Path; the company launched in May with initial funding from its founding team.
- **2014** — Derivative Path introduced DerivativeEDGE in May.
- **2020** — Derivative Path raised $35 million from FTV Capital in its first outside institutional round.
- **2021** — Derivative Path acquired Monetics in March; Bhatia launched Pathways with Pradeep in November.
- **2022** — Derivative Path announced its Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking collaboration in June.
- **2024** — DerivativeEDGE added commodities capability in June.
- **2025** — Derivative Path announced a Wells Fargo payments partnership; Bhatia reported over 300 clients at year end.
- **2026** — Co-founder Zack Nagelberg became president in February; ALM Strategy Builder launched in May.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Derivative Path in 2013.
- Led the business through its first outside institutional funding, a $35 million FTV Capital investment in 2020.
- Reported more than 300 clients using the platform as a system of record at the end of 2025.
- Derivative Path won the 2025 WatersTechnology Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side award for the third consecutive year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — The company published Bhatia’s comments quoted in Bloomberg about banks preparing for different interest rate outcomes.
- **2026-05** — Derivative Path launched ALM Strategy Builder, including hedge modeling, stress testing, strategy comparison, presentation outputs and an AI assistant.
- **2026-02** — Bhatia welcomed the promotion of co-founder Zack Nagelberg to president.
- **2025-12** — In a year-end LinkedIn post, Bhatia reported more than 300 clients and an international team.

## Links

- Website: https://derivativepath.com/company/about-us/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeepkbhatia

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Last updated: 2026-10-27