Aparajit is the CEO of ISME ACE. ISME ACE is set up as India’s largest Fintech focused accelerator, with a 20,000 sq.ft. dedicated space for Fintech Start-ups and a Rs. 100 Crs SEBI approved AIF (ART Fin-Combinator Fund). ISME ACE has made 5 investments in the first cohort and of which two start-ups have since got follow-on termsheets from marquee investors. ISME ACE is in the process of launching its second cohort.

Prior to joining ISME ACE, he has worked at Jio Payment Bank as Head of Strategy (2015-2016), YES BANK as President and Country Head of Merchant Banking (Investment Banking) (2004-2007 & 2009-2015), Rose Tech Ventures (2008) in NYC where he was involved in angel investing and with KPMG India (2002-2004).

Aparajit has been a part of the start up team at YES BANK in 2004 and Jio Payment Bank in 2015. At Jio Payment Bank, as the Head of Strategy, he was involved in developing policies and processes, product and consumer strategies, partnership with SBI and other firms, products such as payment solutions for oil dispensing terminals. At YES BANK, he has helped develop policies and processes for financial management, accounting, audit and credit; he has also been involved in developing the 5 year plans for the Bank and has raised over $725M through public markets. He has also been involved in IPOs of external clients including Healthcare Global, Inox Wind, Café Coffee Day, Sheemaroo Entertainment. At Rose Tech Ventures (NYC), he was involved in making an angel investment in a Peruvian healthcare company of $225K and reviewing portfolio investments.

Aparajit’s skills include finance, management and working in a start-up environment. His hobbies include sailing, participating in triathlons/ marathons and visiting museums around the world to appreciate art.

Aparajit is a Chartered Accountant having secured a merit rank in both the intermediate and final exams. He has also cleared all three levels of CFA® and is a MBA from the Stern School of Business, New York University in Finance and Entrepreneurship. At Stern School of Business, he has been awarded the Ernst Bloch MBA Scholarship and Glucksman Fellowship. As a part of the Glucksman Fellowship, Aparajit has published a paper on “Patterns in Angel Investing”.