# Sourav Choraria

> Sourav Choraria is the co-founder and CEO of Infinity (YC W24), a Bengaluru business banking platform that helps cross-border SMBs and startups send and receive international payments with multi-currency accounts, flat fees, and no FX markup. He built it with his brother Sidharth after watching their family business lose money to slow, opaque international transfers. Before Infinity he was head of growth at Paytm Money, where he helped scale the wealth platform to 20 million monthly users and launched India's first fixed-deposit-backed credit card.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Infinity (YC W24)
- **Organizations:** Infinity, Paytm Money, ZET (formerly OneCode), ClinMD
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Infinity (YC W24), a business banking platform for cross-border SMBs and startups., Scaled Paytm Money to around 20 million monthly active users as head of growth., Launched India's first fixed-deposit-backed secured credit card and grew it to 100,000 users in a year.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Graduated from NIT Trichy with a B.Tech in Instrumentation and Control Engineering.
- **2016** — Co-founded ClinMD, a healthcare data analytics startup, with his brother Sidharth Choraria.
- **2019** — Joined Paytm Money as Head of Growth and Product, helping scale it to roughly 20 million monthly active users.
- **2021** — Launched India's first fixed-deposit-backed secured credit card, scaling it to 100,000 users in one year.
- **2023** — Co-founded Infinity with Sidharth Choraria to fix cross-border payments for SMBs and startups.
- **2024** — Went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch and pitched at Demo Day.
- **2025** — Raised a $1.9M pre-seed round led by Tom Blomfield; grew to 5,000+ customers and $10M+ in monthly transaction volume.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Infinity (YC W24), a business banking platform for cross-border SMBs and startups.
- Scaled Paytm Money to around 20 million monthly active users as head of growth.
- Launched India's first fixed-deposit-backed secured credit card and grew it to 100,000 users in a year.
- Raised a $1.9M pre-seed round led by Monzo founder and YC partner Tom Blomfield.
- Grew Infinity to 5,000+ customers, 160+ supported countries, and $10M+ in monthly transaction volume.
- Built a business making cross-border payments roughly 70% cheaper than traditional methods.
- Second successful company built alongside his brother Sidharth, following ClinMD.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Infinity announced a $1.9M pre-seed round led by Tom Blomfield, with backing from Script Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, and angels including Adam Wiggins (Heroku).
- **2025-03** — Featured in a YouTube interview, 'Revolutionizing Cross-Border Payments & Fintech in India with Sourav Choraria.'

## Links

- Website: https://infinityapp.in
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sourav-choraria-9b389776
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mof6dkkkzqw

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Last updated: 2026-07-31