Vijit Katta

Vijit Katta is a technology entrepreneur and business executive based in New York City. He is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Tria, a self-custodial finance platform. Before Tria, Katta worked in commercial strategy, health technology, venture development and Web3 startup acceleration. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Education

Katta studied computer science engineering at BITS Pilani from 2011 to 2015. He later attended INSEAD, where he completed a Master of Business Administration program from 2020 to 2021.[ ^{[1] [2] [4]}

Career

Commercial Strategy and Health Technology

Katta worked in commercial-strategy roles at GSK and AstraZeneca. Tria’s whitepaper states that he managed strategy for product portfolios at both pharmaceutical companies. ^{[1] [4]}

He subsequently founded a healthtech startup in Austria. Tria’s whitepaper describes the venture as having achieved an early exit, although the company’s name and transaction details have not been publicly documented. ^{[1] [4]}

Katta also served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at SanusX, where his work involved evaluating and developing new business opportunities. ^[2]

Polygon Accelerator

In 2022, Katta joined Polygon to lead Village Wonders, the company’s accelerator for early-stage Web3 projects. RootData lists him as Head of Accelerator at Polygon from April to December 2022, while Tria’s whitepaper credits him with building Polygon’s internal accelerator program. ^{[3] [4]}

Katta said in a 2026 interview that his work with the accelerator helped him better understand blockchain applications and the problems being addressed by early-stage Web3 companies. ^[1]

Tria

Katta co-founded Tria with Parth Bhalla in 2023. ^{[3] [6]}

In a May 2026 interview, Katta said his interest in blockchain payments developed after experiencing the cost and delay of transferring money internationally while studying. He connected those difficulties with blockchain-based payment infrastructure while learning about digital assets in 2022. ^[1]

Tria’s whitepaper identifies Katta as Co-Founder and CEO and Bhalla as Co-Founder and Tech Architect. As CEO, Katta leads the company’s business strategy and development of its self-custodial finance platform. ^{[4] [5]}

In October 2025, Tria raised $12 million in pre-seed funding led by P2 Ventures. Independent reporting on the round identified Katta and Bhalla as the company’s founders. ^[6]

Writing

Katta is a contributing author for The Defiant. His published work has addressed the use of onchain assets for payments, spending and other financial activities. ^[7]