Vroon Modgill is the founder and chief executive of Sokin, a London-based fintech specialising in business-facing cross-border payments.
In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Modgill discusses how founders who close big money rounds are wrong for thinking the hard part is over, why the real value of generative AI is outside the headline grabbing stuff and why cross-border payments are more complicated than most people realise.
What one thing do you wish you’d done differently when launching your company?
The company I run today is quite different from the one I originally set out to build. We started with a focus on cross-border consumer payments, but over time we realised the real opportunity was in serving businesses.
That pivot was the catalyst, everything clicked into place and we began to see significant growth….
