The Founding Story
The idea for Arthavi was born out of sheer frustration. I was tired of juggling different apps to see my total investment returns. I had mutual funds in one app, stocks in another, and was relying on complex Excel sheets to calculate my real XIRR. Worse, the "free" tracker apps available in India demanded access to my Gmail or required linking my demat accounts to scrape my data, which felt like a massive privacy violation.
I realized Indian retail investors needed a better, privacy-first way to track their portfolios. So, I spent a month planning and building the initial version of Arthavi to solve my own problem. Today, it has grown into a comprehensive platform for thousands of investors.
Who We Are
Arthavi was founded in 2026 in Pune, India on a simple yet powerful premise: Indian retail investors deserve better data. In a financial landscape dominated by broker-owned platforms and ad-heavy free tools, clarity is often the first casualty. We set out to build the best portfolio analytics app for Indian investors—one that serves the user, not the intermediary.
We are a team of engineers and finance enthusiasts who believe that net worth tracking should be private, accurate, and completely devoid of conflicts of interest.
The Founder
Tejas Chaudhari
Founder & Lead Developer
Full Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience building production-grade web applications. Started coding at age 10 in 2011 with Visual Basic, now specializing in React, Vue, Next.js and Node.js. Built Arthavi to solve personal portfolio tracking challenges with a privacy-first approach.
Why We Built Arthavi
Most "free" portfolio trackers in India are actually lead-generation engines. They sell your data to lenders, push "recommended" regular mutual funds that pay commissions, or clutter your screen with ads. We rejected that model entirely.
- No Commissions: We made a conscious choice not to sell mutual funds or stocks. This ensures our portfolio analytics remain 100% unbiased.
- Privacy First: Your financial data is sensitive. We architected Arthavi to ensure no third-party ever gets access to your portfolio.
- Indian Context: We built specific features for the Indian market, like CAS PDF parsing (for CAMS/KFintech), XIRR Validation, and support for NSE/BSE stocks.
What Arthavi Is & Is Not
To maintain complete transparency with our users, clarifying our role is essential:
- We are NOT a Broker: We do not execute trades, open demat accounts, or hold your money. We are a pure portfolio tracker/analytics tool.
- We are NOT an Investment Advisor: We provide data visualization and performance metrics (like XIRR and allocation), not buy/sell recommendations.
Our Commitment to Privacy
We are committed to maintaining a clean, ad-free environment forever. Our business model relies on premium analytics features, not on selling your attention or your data to the highest bidder. Learn more about our data practices on our Security page and Privacy Policy.