Anger against tech giants led me to cryptocurrency: Nischal Shetty of WazirX

Nischal Shetty, founder and CEO of WazirX took to cryptocurrency after his previous business was hit by actions of global tech giants. A software engineer from Mumbai, Shetty shares his story with Mint. Edited excerpts:

Tell us about your background

I’m a software developer. I grew up in Mumbai and studied engineering in Mangalore. I worked in a company in Bengaluru for 2 years before being hired by a start-up in Mumbai called Burrp.com in 2010. This is how I got introduced to the world of startups and entrepreneurship. On weekends I used to try different coding projects, just as a hobby. One of these was an app to manage social media, called Crowdfire.