OTPless ropes in ex-BharatPe tech head Geetanshu Singla as CTO

Bengaluru-based identity and access management startup OTPless has appointed Geetanshu Singla, former head of technology at BharatPe and co-founder of Genwise, as its new chief technology officer (CTO), reported this week.

In his new role, Singla will lead engineering, product development, platform architecture, reliability and security across OTPless's authentication and fraud-prevention stack, which includes Silent Network Authentication, WhatsApp authentication, device intelligence and passkeys. The appointment fills a vacancy that had been open for nearly ten months, after former CTO Anubhav Mathur stepped down in January this year.

The move reunites Singla with former BharatPe colleagues. OTPless co-founders Satyam Nathani and Tanmay Sagar were founding members at BharatPe, where Singla served as head of engineering and vice president of technology during the fintech unicorn's early growth. Singla later co-founded Genwise, a lifestyle app for senior citizens that raised a $3.5 million seed round led by Z47 before shutting down in December 2025, and subsequently worked at Singapore-based wealthtech Syfe as an engineering leader.

"I have worked very closely with Satyam Nathani and Tanmay Sagar during my BharatPe days. We have built together, solved some really hard problems together," Singla wrote in a LinkedIn post. "So joining OTPless doesn't really feel like joining a new company. In many ways, it feels like coming back home."

The appointment caps a wider top-level reshuffle: on 18 September, the company elevated Nathani to CEO and Sagar to COO, and on 1 October it appointed early team member Manas Poddar as chief business officer. OTPless claims to authenticate more than 300 million users across consumer platforms including Meesho, Zepto, Navi, PhysicsWallah, ShareChat, Shiprocket and ixigo. It says topline has grown 2.5x over the past year to Rs 36 crore in annualised revenue, with break-even performance over the past two quarters.