About us
We are building this and this and this
In short, we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech & fintech! And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!
Founder Profile
Arnav Kumar is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Leap is his second company and he has raised more than $30M in capital for his startups. In his last role, he was a VC investor with SAIF Partners (Now Elevation Capital), which is an early investor in paytm, meesho, urban company, unacademy and many other unicorns. He thinks and tweets about Product, Business Models and Company Building
Vaibhav Singh is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. He spent his first 6 years at DeutscheBank, across Singapore & Sydney to manage a $3Bn flow book. He has built 2 fintech startups before, as a founding member of CapitalFloat and Incred, both pioneering businesses valued >$500Mn The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience (edtech, fintech, study abroad) and technical skills (engineering, product, design)
The charter for this role will include,
Evaluate new business initiatives and opportunities – develop a business model
- Identify ways to service the opportunities
- Conduct outside-in market and competitive analysis to develop key insights
- Develop the right strategy & solutions for the program to achieve the performance improvement metrics
- Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
Ideal Persona:
Bias to action, proactive & innovative by nature
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong Problem-solving and Analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working with multiple teams and stakeholders across the company
- Formulating, organizing, and monitoring inter-connected projects
- Ability to connect with people across teams and levels
What is Leap?
We are building this and this.
In short, we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies
We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech & fintech! And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!
How far along are we?
We are the leaders in our space by a mile!
We are backed by Sequoia, Jungle Ventures, Owl Ventures & Harvard!
Read the latest fundraising news here.
Who are we as people?
We have a lean, rockstar team.
This is a great time to join the rocketship and participate in the upside.
What’s in it for you?
You will have tearing-your-hair-level complex & challenging problems to solve
- Contribute to meaningful projects that directly impact the company's success.
- Super fast-paced environment that will challenge you
- Enough resources to play offence
- Mentorship from the founding team
Your move! :)
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Life @ Leap
Mutual Respect
We love people who are ‘relentlessly resourceful’. Find your way out. Focus on the possibilities instead of the problems.
Bias for action
We take calculated risks backed by data and information available and encourage fail fast to find the best solutions as soon as possible
Learn & get better
Continuous learning and improvement is the key. We don’t stop learning. We treat feedback as a gift and as an opportunity to get better.
Growth mindset
We operate with a growth mindset and not a mindset of fear or judgement. You are in control of your own ability to learn and improve. We love Resilience.