VR Govindarajan
Perfios Software Solutions CEO
Mr. V.R. Govindarajan
CEO, Perfios Software Solutions
V. R. Govindarajan, or Govi as he is fondly known, is a successful serial entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience in the IT industry in India and the US.
With an MS in Computer Science from Massachusetts University and B.E. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Govi is quite the tech enthusiast. He is an avid participant in the Database technology and AI communities and participates in various Indian and international domain conferences.
Before co-founding Perfios Software, Govi was a co-founder, CTO, and member of the Board at Aztecsoft, a pioneer in the Offshore Product Development space. Aztecsoft went on to become a listed company, that was acquired by Mindtree in 2008.
Soon after exiting Mindtree, Govi was struck by how hard it was to consolidate and manage one’s finances. True to his entrepreneurial and tech roots, he co-founded Perfios in 2008 to solve this problem. Initially launched as a PFM App, Perfios successfully pivoted to a B2B analytics platform to help lenders automate credit decisioning
Perfios is a pioneer in real-time credit decisioning, helping over 270+ banks, NBFCs, and fintechs in digitizing lending, cutting process times from hours to minutes. Perfios uses advanced ML tools to understand over 2,000 types of (un-)structured data, and processes over 5 million bank statements a month, apart from various other financial data.
Perfios today has products and platforms to automate the entire customer journey from discovery, application, KYC, data sharing, decisioning, disbursements, and credit monitoring. Perfios today is a one-stop solution for any lender looking to delight its customers with the best possible digital experience. Since 2018, Perfios has expanded geographically to serve 40 customers in 13 countries,
excluding India. Perfios aspires to grow its revenues 10X between now and 2025, backed by deep domain expertise, product quality, execution excellence, and solid support from marquee investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners and Warburg Pincus.
Apart from work, Govi is a Sanskrit scholar, music lover, consummate cook, and mentor to entrepreneurs seeking to build a successful business patiently yet aggressively over the long term.