Summary
Swapnil Basak is a founder and product-minded operator with 14 years of experience across trading, venture investing, and startups, currently building Anko AI in Boston. He moves between quantitative markets roles—where he risk-managed exotic equity derivatives at Deutsche Bank—and strategic investing at Accel, evaluating consumer and fintech opportunities for a $550M early-stage fund. An MBA from Harvard Business School and an IIT Madras engineering background give him both technical fluency and a commercial lens for product and go-to-market decisions. He has hands-on experience shipping trading tools and market-making analytics, authored a prep book for corporate interviews, and briefly served as a product manager at FalconX, signaling a blend of execution, research, and founder instincts. Colleagues would note his ability to translate complex quantitative problems into product features that scale.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Regular Member Indian Associate of Investment Professionals Investments and Securities, Regular Member Indian Associate of Investment Professionals Investments and Securities at CFA Institute
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General at Harvard Business School