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For engineering college batchmates Abhimanyu Shekhawat and Akshit Ostwal, the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity. 

With no offline classes to attend at JECRC University, Jaipur, the two developers decided to use their time to build new products.

Abhimanyu, who specialised in blockchain development, and Akshit, who was into mobile apps and Flutter development, started building a mobile wallet for users to access Decentralised Finance (DeFi) apps in a simple manner.

“Akshit and I had seen transactions on the Ethereum blockchain were expensive and time-consuming. There was also limited infrastructure on Polygon and other Layer-2 solutions, which meant users had no mobile app experience for DeFi. So in December 2020, we started building Orange Wallet to address these problems,” says Abhimanyu, Co-founder at Orange Wallet.

The duo received a grant from Polygon (they did not disclose the amount) to build the codebase and take Orange Wallet live as a mobile wallet for Polygon, with support for wallet connect, staking, and DeFi.

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The Interview

In this episode of #HumanBeyondResources, Viraj Sheth, Co-founder and CEO, Monk Entertainment, discusses the constant hustle and disruption culture of the startup ecosystem and its effect on founders’ and employees’ mental health and overall well-being, influencer marketing in the pandemic and much more. 

Editor’s Pick: Product Roadmap

In 1997, Rajesh Jain founded Netcore with the intent to revolutionise the way marketing and product teams engage with consumers.

The team realised that with increasing digitisation, the role of CMOs and growth managers has become key to every organisation’s success. Despite the increasing complexity of the role, the tools do not give CMOs and growth managers a fully unified view of their customer’s intentions, preferences, and journeys. Read more.

Startup Spotlight

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In 2018, he decided to start a fitness firm to share his learnings and discoveries. Delhi-based fitness platform ParaFit began life as an Instagram page. Read more.

News & Updates

Before you go, stay inspired with… 

“We will proactively look at including more sidechains and Layer 2 networks in Orange Wallet. So from a Polygon-focussed wallet we aim to become a Layer 2-focused product.” 

— Akshit Ostwal, Co-founder, Orange Wallet

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