Speaking & hosting
I host founder meetups as City Lead for Entrepreneurs Arch in Ahmedabad, have hosted eChai Ventures' Open House, and spoke at the Aarambh Founder Talk. If you're putting together a meetup, panel or business session, here's what I can bring.
Topics
What 15 years of selling payments, lending and insurance taught me about how merchants and MSMEs actually decide.
Banks, OEMs, service partners and platforms: how to structure partnerships that keep working after the launch.
The Harsmit Ventures story: turning inbound requests into a business, and what the first year looks like from the inside.
How to show up at summits, expos and meetups and leave with conversations that turn into work.
On stage
For organisers
Sumit Kasardekar is the founder of The Harsmit Ventures, an Ahmedabad-based venture that helps businesses with payments, insurance, lending, business software and practical AI. He brings 15 years of sales and partnerships experience across telecom, FinTech and SaaS, and is City Lead & Host for Entrepreneurs Arch in Ahmedabad.
Sumit Kasardekar is the founder of The Harsmit Ventures (THV), which he started in Ahmedabad on 1 September 2025. THV helps businesses find the right partners for payments, insurance, lending, business software and practical AI, and works with 70+ partners.
Before THV, Sumit spent 15 years in sales, business development and partnerships at companies including Vodafone, BharatPe, SabPaisa and PhiCommerce. He led a team that activated 12,000+ merchants in 7 months at BharatPe and closed ₹4.5 Cr+ in ERP software deals over two years at Pushpam.
Sumit is City Lead & Host for Entrepreneurs Arch in Ahmedabad, a member of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, a Prime member of Local Vocal Business and part of the VIBES network. Away from work, he plays golf at Kalhaar Blues & Greens.
FAQ
Send an invitation through the Let's talk page and choose Event, speaking or hosting invitation. Include the event name, date, city, audience and the topic or format you have in mind. Sumit's short and long bios and his talk topics are on this page, so you can prepare your event listing straight away.
Sumit speaks on selling FinTech to Indian businesses, building partnerships both sides want, the story of turning a few phone calls into The Harsmit Ventures, and getting real value from events. Each topic draws on 15 years of sales, payments and partnerships experience across telecom, FinTech and SaaS.
Sumit takes part in talks and keynotes, panel discussions, fireside chats, meetup hosting and roundtable moderation. His audiences are usually founders, MSME owners, sales and partnership teams, and students and early-career professionals, and he shapes each session around the room.
Sumit hosts founder meetups as City Lead for Entrepreneurs Arch in Ahmedabad, has hosted eChai Ventures' Open House, and spoke at the Aarambh Founder Talk. Other events where he has spoken, hosted or moderated are listed on this page and on the Events page, each with its own details.
Yes. This page has a short bio and a long bio that you can copy with one click, and any photos shown here can be downloaded for event listings and promotion. If you need something else for your event, ask through the Let's talk page.
Organisers
Tell me about the event, the audience and the date. I'll reply with whether I'm a good fit.
