After observing API teams across different organizations struggling with identical problems, the founders of Apiwiz felt the need for a solution. Realizing that mature players were addressing only a piece of the puzzle, provided the required motivation to seize the opportunity by foraying into this segment. However, it’s not simply a question of cherry picking from the different software tools already in use! It’s also a tremendous opportunity to take it to the next level, by enabling a strategic approach.

They built towards the following goal – “One place. One solution. One view of your cross-organizational strategy.” Consequently, Apiwiz equips businesses in the API economy with the unrivaled capability to execute a strategic vision for managing and monetizing APIs.”

The passion of their founders resulted in the formation of a great experienced engineering team that has built APIwiz, an enterprise grade low-code, technology-agnostic API management platform (APIM) that helps enterprises scale securely. APIwiz platform harnesses the full value of APIs across heterogeneous environments, disparate architectures, and multiple gateways or service mesh. APIwiz’s integrated control plane allows to Plan & Design, Build & Manage, Test & Deploy, and finally Publish & Monitor all in one place.

Their mission is to help businesses better manage value creation of automated customer-centric services by streamlining the process of developing, building and running APIs. APIwiz has a Customer-First approach, that ensures their customers stay ahead of their competitors by offering API-led differentiated experiences to their end-users. This leads to end-users creating memorable experiences. As a result, the digital transformation champions in organizations are able to improve business KPIs like faster ‘Time-to-Market’, accelerate API-led innovation to enhance CX, create new revenue streams, improve collaboration with ‘Single Stheirce of Truth’, enhance API security and reduce ‘Total Cost of Ownership’ of API-initiatives.

The product has garnered good customer mindshare across the globe in a short time period. Today, they service multiple customers across various verticals around the globe like some niche players like Tonik Bank, which is a neo bank in the Philippines; and other customers like Brij, Kozo, Garblecloud, etc.

Founders

Introducing two visionary technology entrepreneurs who are challenging the big boys in the API lifecycle management space.

Darshan Shivashankar is the founder and CTO of Itorix Inc and its product Apiwiz, which offers a Low Code APIOps Platform engineered to streamline API Lifecycle Management for better Productivity with Governance at scale. He has over 15 years of experience in middleware, integration, and APIs with a deep passion for solving interesting problems.

After completing Engineering Degree in Computer science Darshan worked within Fortune 500 companies like Apigee (Acquired by Google), T-Mobile, Starbucks, Kaiser Permanente where he built and ran successful API Programs.

Rakshith Rao is co-founder and CEO of API lifecycle management platform Apiwiz. Since 2005, Rakshith has undertaken enterprise technical sales leadership roles, including at HP, Apigee, Google, and DataStax. He has a particular passion for helping enterprises enhance customer and developer experience, driving business growth via new business models. Rakshith enjoys connecting with technical communities through public speaking and events, sharing what he’s learned, linking innovation and digital transformation with internal culture shifts. His time off is spent with his two daughters.