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Bakar S

@bakars

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I build go-to-market and product infrastructure for regulated fintech, stablecoin payments, and cloud security.

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build and commercialize regulated fintech, digital asset, payments, or infrastructure products where product strategy, technical architecture, regulatory execution, and go-to-market need to work together.

I've built stablecoin payment infrastructure across Pakistan and the Caribbean, including USDC/USDT-to-PKR off-ramps, Caribbean remittance corridor strategy, treasury operations, custody architecture, and multi-chain settlement requirements. At Relay Technologies and IslaPay, I worked across regulators, banks, payout providers, compliance stakeholders, and infrastructure vendors to turn complex regulated products into viable commercial systems.

I've also driven product-led and outbound growth at Garnet.ai, led SOC 2 compliance, and ran go-to-market for 13+ early-stage companies at Alt Ventures. My work spans product, growth, vendor selection, regulatory engagement, SQL-led retention analysis, and building the pipelines that bring technical infrastructure products to market.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Product Led Go To Market

Current

Garnet.ai

Aug 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Built the outbound and product led motion that moved 3 to 4 enterprise accounts into pipeline within the first growth cycle. Led SOC 2 compliance end to end and built the threat intel content engine on live software supply chain attacks.

Product Led Growth Outbound SOC Threat Intelligence Clay Apollo HeyReach Instantly HubSpot GitHub Prospecting ICP

Product Owner and Go To Market

IslaPay

Nov 2025 - Mar 2026 (4 months)

Mapped the Caribbean remittance market end to end and wrote the full transaction matrix covering 33 touchpoints. Evaluated custody architecture and specified node and RPC infrastructure requirements for multi chain settlement.

Market Mapping Transaction Matrix MPC RPC Treasury Operations KYC AML

Digital Transformation Consultant

Adam Smith International

Dec 2024 - Aug 2025 (8 months)

Provided digital transformation consulting services.

Venture Builder

Alt Ventures

Jun 2021 - Aug 2024 (3 years 2 months)

Ran go to market for 13+ early stage companies across fintech, SaaS, AI, and marketplaces, from idea validation through MVP launch. Portfolio products reached 12M+ users and raised $40M+ from Tiger Global and Sequoia backed investors.

Go To Market Growth Funnel Optimization Organic Growth

Cofounder and Head of Growth

Alt Sprints

Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year 2 months)

Co-founded and led growth initiatives.

Founder

Steve AI

Feb 2023 - May 2023 (3 months)

Founded and led the company.

Founding Team, Product and Growth

Trikl

Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 (8 months)

Joined the founding team and took one of the region's earliest savings and investment platforms from zero to MVP and on to 100 paying users. Shipped Pakistan's first card roundup investing feature and grew a 10K waitlist at zero advertising spend.

Product Management Growth SQL Tableau Cohort Analysis Regulatory Engagement State Bank Card Roundup

Growth and Documentation

UTM.io

Apr 2020 - Jun 2020 (2 months)

Worked on growth and documentation.

Cofounder, Product, Growth and Infrastructure

Relay Technologies

Built a USDC and USDT to PKR off ramp from concept through regulatory filing, operating under the PVARA sandbox with a State Bank Authorized Dealer banking partnership in progress. Built a market map of roughly 66 providers and ran vendor diligence with digital asset infrastructure providers.

USDT Regulatory Sandbox Fireblocks Conduit Synctera Brale Product Architecture