I've always enjoyed experimenting - especially with new ideas :) We're privileged to live in a world where it is possible to test the validity of crazy, new, outlandish ideas, rapidly; and I've enjoyed doing just that!
Invited to GSF Academy's inaugural batch in 2021, designed for early-stage (pre-seed) founders, looking to validate their business proposition & take their startup to the next level by facilitating access to high quality coaching, seasoned mentors, and a peer learning cohort.
Participant
Build Sprint & Future Founder
Remote
2020
Took part in two very early stage idea validation stage programs by Y-Combinator's Startup School, the inaugural batch of the 4 week Build Sprint (Aug-Sep 2020) & the 6 week Future Founders (Nov-Dec 2020)
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Winner
Startup Weekend Bangalore
Bangalore, India
2014
Video discovery platform allowing users to create customized lists based on viewing preferences and likes.
Created a community for open-source hardware innovation in India. Invited to attend the week-long conference pro-bono alongside startup members from across the world as one of MIT's 10 Global Startup Workshop Fellows in Morocco in 2014.
Built a cloud-based, mobile-first, proximity marketing platform supporting NFC, QR, BLE for the retail industry in India. Selected to participate in India's Nasscom's 10,000 Startup Program in India in 2014.
TapTo
Spent eight weeks as part of one of eight startups at Europe's foremost Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator, Springboard in Cambridge, UK (now TechStars) for over 8 weeks working on a proximity marketing platform using QR/NFC/BLE.
The weekend prior to the start of the SpringBoard program, I won Startup Weekend building Tap2WiFi at the University of Cambridge, along side Andy & Jack, the two co-founders of TapTo, and we got along so well during Startup Weekend, I decided joined them full-time the next day!
Tap2WiFi
Winner
Idea Transform, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
2013
NFC & QR-code based app allowing users to log into secure WiFi hotspots (winner of University of Cambridge Judge Business School's 'Idea Transform') in Mar 2013 that won us a spot on Accelerate Cambridge, Judge's recently setup accelerator.
I joined Jack & Andy, the Co-Founders of TapTo, as one of eight incubatee companies at SpringBoard (now TechStars), the next day.
ShopMyBlog
Runner-up
Startup Weekend London, Imperial College
London, UK
2012
One-click affiliate marketing tool for bloggers. My first startup weekend experience in London, led to a runner-up spot at Startup Weekend at Imperial College.
