Bangalore Startup Meetup

Building <div>Deepshikha is a Futures Facilitator and the Founder of “World we Desire”(global) and Startup Jugalbandi (India based) communities.&nbsp;<br><br>She also consults a few early stage startups as a Strategy consultant. Having spent a number of years working at Accenture and Capgemini, she is&nbsp; now focusing on facilitating Design Thinking and Futures Thinking workshops. &nbsp;<br><br>She is passionate about helping individuals be ready for the exponential shifts ahead. To address that, her workshops focus on two main areas - 1) Emerging technology and 2) Personal Futures.</div>

Building <div>2x Founder, Green Energy Enthusiast, Building Future of Autonomous Mobility<br><br>Manesh is co-founder of Flo Mobility, a company building a pure camera based autonomous tech stack that can be applied to lawn mowers, sprayers, tillers, weeders and other vehicles/ equipments/ robots used in farming. Flo mobility's vision is to create bleeding edge multi-utility global autonomous tech platform that can democratise the enabling of autonomous capabilties on vehicles across industries.<br><br>Before Flo Mobility, he co-founded Mockbank, an edu-tech startup offering online courses for govt job entrance competitive exams. Mockbank raised money from Blume ventures and few angel investors and was later acquired by Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd (Embibe), part of Reliance JIO group.<br><br>Earlier, Manesh co-founded a cloud based e-procurement solutions startup Sourceweb. After few years of operations with marquee clients like Samsung, KPMG, etc, Sourceweb was acquired by US based global procurement solution provider, Xeeva Inc.&nbsp;<br><br>Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, Manesh worked with companies like IBM and Sify where he spearheaded several large scale IT enabled business transformation initiatives.<br><br>Manesh is a seasoned entrepreneur; a thought leader who is passionate about startups and the challenges that they offer. He has mastered the art of efficient execution that is key to any startup's success. He strongly propagates the principal of building 'more for less' by having razor sharp focus and being meticulous to get it right the first time.</div>

Building <div>Building Intents Mobi I Head of Global Business I Global Tech Leader I Location Data and Intelligence I Mobility I Product Management I Mentor<br><br>A proven global leader with 17+ years of experience in fast-growth technology, banking and management consulting industry. Passionate to transform the world with technology and driven to deliver meaningful and measurable impact for customers and communities.<br><br>Highly versatile with a strong bias to action. Solid track record of building high performing, diverse teams to deliver lasting business impact. Thrive in scaling growth businesses, pushing the envelope with bold, strategic choices, and can effortlessly move from vision to detailed execution.<br><br>At Present , heading Global Business for Intents Mobi (location intelligence and platform company that uses artificial intelligence to generate situational awareness information) globally to scale sales and partnerships.&nbsp;<br><br>Headed, Digital Initiatives and Partnerships - Marketplace at Tata Teleservices (TATA Group). Excited about building an inclusive digital ecosystem, forging transformative partnerships and incubating relevant new businesses.<br><br>Prior to Tata Teleservices, Sr Manager and Head- Data Partnerships and Acquisitions for HERE Technologies in India and South Asia (6 countries) and served on the Regional Executive Leadership team. Played a key role in building and scaling HERE Technologies business in the region from a challenger to a market leader in the location content business.<br><br>Trusted advisor and thought partner with established C level relationships across sectors and skilled at influencing stakeholders to deliver multi-faceted, global initiatives. Accomplished negotiator, closing complex, high-stakes partnerships, delivering collective gains. Select examples include Paytm, Microsoft, Confederation of Indian Industry, Maruti Suzuki, Amazon, TASK Government of Telangana, ASAP Government of Kerala, Startup India, amongst others.<br><br>Frequently represented HERE at key industry forums as keynote speaker &amp; panelist on urban mobility, location and data, and power of platforms.<br><br>Prior to HERE Technologies , worked with various companies in India and Abroad enabling their digital initiatives. In my early career I worked with Banking and Real-estate Sector and executed various industry-leading multi-million transactions for Emaar, Dubai World, Sentosa, amongst others.<br><br>Love giving back to our community and mentor the next generation of talent. Passionate about start-up’s and SMBs - served on the various committee of Confederation of India Industry, TiE and NASSCOM</div>

Building <div>A generalist with a specialization in Finance.<br><br>Currently operating at the forefront of the early-stage startup ecosystem in India through Capnetic, NeoKred, SpareIt, and Angel Investments.</div>

Building <div>Building, managing and scaling esportsXO. In the past 10 years.<br><br>- I ran an agency businesses, managed team of 60, served over 100 clients which resulted in revenues of over $10M<br>- Worked with 6 different start ups in last 10 years out which 3 are of my own&nbsp;<br>- Raised capital for my venture and invested in 15+ startups. Pretty much hands on, but still learning<br>- Failed more than succeeded<br>- Explored mostly Ad-tech, Ad sales, Digital Marketing and now Gaming, Esports and Web3!</div>