Available for consulting Kochi, Kerala · India

Founder.
Builder.
Operator.

I run MetaLink Solutions and built RezoTap — a live WhatsApp ordering SaaS for food businesses across India. 13+ years of building and scaling businesses from the ground up.

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⚡ Founder · RezoTap MetaLink Solutions Partner · Orange Fintech Co-Founder · Zikkago
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Years Experience
Telecom · NBFC · Fintech · SaaS
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Active Ventures
Including 1 live SaaS product
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Clients Advised
Startups, SMEs & enterprises
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Industries
Fintech · Food Tech · SaaS
Consulting · Telecom
My Ventures
Selected Work

Things I've built
and currently run.

Four active ventures — one a live SaaS product, one a consulting firm, and two sector-focused operational roles.

Live · Revenue-Generating SaaS
Founder

A WhatsApp Ordering & Business System for food businesses across India — restaurants, cloud kitchens, bakeries, home chefs, tiffin services, cafes, and juice bars. Designed, built, and launched end-to-end.

WhatsApp Native Online Ordering Subscription Billing Meal Subscriptions Business Dashboard
Consulting Firm Founded 2013
Founder & Principal Consultant

Business consulting, digital marketing, franchise development, and brand solutions for startups and SMEs across India. Registered MSME — the operating base for all consulting work.

Startup Advisory Franchise Development Brand Strategy Digital Marketing Market Analysis
Fintech
Partner & COO

Driving operational excellence and scaling business systems in the financial technology space. Leading cross-functional operations from product to field distribution across India.

Fintech Operations Business Systems Financial Technology
Food Tech
Co-Founder & COO

Building a structured healthy food tech brand from the ground up — personalised salad subscriptions and scalable operations designed for expansion across Kerala and beyond.

Salad Subscriptions Food Tech Brand Health & Wellness
About Me

I build businesses.
Then I operate them.

I'm Akhil Ponnappan — a startup consultant, SaaS founder, and operator based in Kochi, Kerala. 13+ years of hands-on experience building businesses across telecom, NBFC, fintech, and now SaaS.

I founded RezoTap and took it from idea to a live, revenue-generating SaaS product. Designed, built, and operated end-to-end — from product and infrastructure to customer onboarding and daily operations.

Through MetaLink Solutions, I work with founders and SMEs who need a strategic operator in their corner — not a consultant who hands you a deck and leaves. I stay involved until the work is done.

I also serve as Partner & COO at Orange Group Financial Technologies and Co-Founder & COO at Zikkago Superfoods — operating across fintech and food tech simultaneously.

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Based in Kochi, Kerala, India
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MetaLink Solutions · UDYAM-KL-02-0029777
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Founder of RezoTap — live SaaS · rezotap.com
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Partner & COO · Orange Group Financial Technologies
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Co-Founder & COO · Zikkago Superfoods
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What I Do

How I help founders
build and scale.

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Startup Advisory

From idea validation to first revenue. I work with founders to build the right model and move fast through early-stage chaos.

02
Business Operations

Repeatable systems that survive growth — process architecture, team structure, KPI frameworks, and dashboards for scale.

03
Digital Marketing

Positioning to funnels — content strategy, performance marketing, and brand activation that converts intent to revenue.

04
Franchise Development

Structured models with partner selection, documentation playbooks, and replication systems for consistent expansion.

05
Market Analysis

Competitive intelligence and market mapping — know exactly where your opportunity is before committing capital.

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Brand & Positioning

Brand architectures that hold up — from positioning and visual language to the narrative that makes clients choose you.

Experience

13 years. 3 phases.

Phase 01
5 yrsFoundation
Sales & Field Marketing Leader
TELECOM & NBFC SECTOR · KERALA & SOUTH INDIA
  • Started in direct sales and field marketing across Kerala & South India
  • Built expertise in team management and high-volume operational execution
  • Managed large-scale direct marketing campaigns for telecom and financial products
Phase 02
4 yrsGrowth
Regional Growth & Operations Lead
NBFC & DIRECT MARKETING
  • Scaled regional operations with distributed teams across multiple locations
  • Built high-performance marketing funnels for financial services products
  • Drove revenue through structured incentive frameworks and performance systems
Phase 03
4+ yrsNow
Currently Active
Founder, Partner & COO
REZOTAP · METALINK · ORANGE FINTECH · ZIKKAGO
  • Founded RezoTap — built and launched a live SaaS product, solo, from zero
  • Founded MetaLink Solutions — consulting firm for startups & SMEs
  • Partner & COO at Orange Group Financial Technologies
  • Co-Founder & COO at Zikkago Superfoods

I bring clarity to chaos — turning fragmented ideas into scalable business systems. Vision matters, but it's the operating model that decides whether the company makes it past year two.

Akhil Ponnappan · Operating Principle
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Let's build
something
real.

Whether you're a founder who needs a strategic operator, an investor looking at MetaLink or RezoTap, or an SME ready to scale — the conversation starts with a message.

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Free 30-min consultation · No commitment required
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email
akhil@orangefintech.com
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location
Kochi, Kerala, India
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company
MetaLink Solutions · RezoTap