Pushkar Mukewar is building digital trade finance infrastructure through Drip, a B2B commerce platform focused on making global trade more accessible for small businesses. Under his leadership, Drip was named to the YC Top Companies list in 2022 and CB Insights’ Top 250 Fintech Companies. Previously, he worked across financial services in the US, Europe, the Middle East and India, including roles at Capital One and Oliver Wyman. He was named among Business World’s “40 Under 40” leaders and earned an MBA from The Wharton School and an MS from Georgia Tech.
AI is helping global trade run smoothly, but it also risks locking in the wrong data, potentially shutting out developing economies from global trade for good.
Treating trade data as a responsibly governed global public good can turn invisible collateral into one of the few scalable, system-wide levers capable of narrowing the financing gap.
