# Vignan Velivela

> Vignan Velivela is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of AtoB, a financial technology company serving transportation businesses. He previously co-founded Prajaloan in India, studied electronics and economics at BITS Pilani and computer science at Carnegie Mellon, contributed to CubeRover and worked on robotics software at Cruise.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at AtoB
- **Organizations:** AtoB, Prajaloan, Cruise Automation, Carnegie Mellon University, Explorers Club
- **Education:** Bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering and Master’s in Economics, BITS Pilani, Master’s, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads AtoB., Contributed to Carnegie Mellon’s NASA-supported CubeRover project., Co-founded the peer-to-peer lending platform Prajaloan.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Published research on small satellite constellations and internet access as an Observer Research Foundation research intern.
- **Before Carnegie Mellon** — Co-founded Prajaloan, a peer-to-peer digital lending company in Bengaluru.
- **Before 2019** — Studied at Carnegie Mellon, contributed to CubeRover, then worked on robotics software at Cruise Automation.
- **2019** — Co-founded AtoB with Harshita Arora and Tushar Misra.
- **2020** — AtoB participated in Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch.
- **2022** — AtoB appeared on Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups list.
- **2024** — AtoB announced a Mastercard partnership and $130 million in combined Series C equity and debt funding.
- **2026** — Geotab launched a fleet card in collaboration with AtoB on October 1.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads AtoB.
- Contributed to Carnegie Mellon’s NASA-supported CubeRover project.
- Co-founded the peer-to-peer lending platform Prajaloan.
- AtoB was selected for Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups list in 2022.
- Led AtoB through a $130 million combined equity and debt round announced in September 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Geotab launched its fleet card with AtoB on October 1, combining vehicle data with payment controls.
- **2025-06** — AtoB announced its partnership with Nolan Transportation Group for the Beon Rewards Fuel Card.
- **2025-01** — Velivela told The Economic Times that AtoB planned a Bengaluru research and development centre.
- **2024-09** — AtoB announced $130 million in combined Series C equity and debt financing.

## Links

- Website: https://vignanv.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vignanv8/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vignanv8

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Last updated: 2026-10-23