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Ankiti Bose
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Zilingo
Ankiti Bose is the co-founder and former CEO of Zilingo, a once high-growth startup that scaled rapidly before collapsing amid financial and leadership challenges.
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Zilingo was a Southeast Asia-based e-commerce and B2B platform designed to help small businesses scale globally. The company evolved from a marketplace into a full-stack platform offering services like supply chain management, financing, insurance, and inventory tools. Despite strong investor backing and rapid expansion, Zilingo faced challenges with profitability, internal systems, and governance—leading to its eventual shutdown in 2022.
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Ankiti Bose is an entrepreneur and former CEO of Zilingo, a startup she co-founded in 2015 to digitize and scale small businesses across Southeast Asia.
Before Zilingo, she worked at McKinsey & Company and Sequoia Capital, where she gained experience in strategy and venture investing.
Under her leadership, Zilingo grew rapidly, attracting global investors and reaching a valuation of $970 million. However, her tenure ended amid a high-profile leadership crisis involving financial misconduct allegations and internal disputes.
Despite the controversy, Ankiti remains a notable figure in the global startup ecosystem, known for building one of Southeast Asia’s most talked-about startups.
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