Saas platform OTPless hires BharatPe’s Anubhav Mathur, other key executives

OTPless, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based identity management platform, on Wednesday announced the appointment of three former BharatPe executives to its leadership team, according to a report by

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Anubhav Mathur has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Pawan Pathak as Chief Product Officer (CPO), and Sahil Chawla as Director of Sales (CSO), the company said in a statement.

Prior to joining OTPless, Anubhav Mathur was the Senior Director of Engineering at BharatPe. He has also worked with notable companies such as OLA and Grofers.

On the other hand, Pawan Pathak has worked as a Senior Vice President (SVP) in companies like Naukri, Yatra, Paytm, and BharatPe.

Sohail Chola, who has held senior sales roles at Pine Labs, BharatPe, American Express, Flipkart, Zomato and Paytm, joins the team as the company’s new Head of Sales.

“We are delighted to have Anubhav, Pawan and Sahil on board our leadership team. Their knowledge, experience and leadership capabilities will be invaluable as we expand and innovate. They will be essential to the success of OTPless as a global authentication company established in India,” said Bhavik Koladiya, CEO of OTPless.

OTPless has successfully secured seed funding from a number of well-known angel investors. Among this diverse group are Neeraj Arora, well-known investor from Venture Highway, Kunal Shah, founder of Cred, Amrish Rao from Pine Labs, Jitendra Gupta from Jupiter, Utsav Somani from Angellist, Amit Jain from Uber, Fabrice Grinda from OLX, and Luke Skritch from FJ Labs.