Amit brings 15 years of experience in Asia in go-to-market strategies and corporate development for start-ups and corporations alike. His corporate life gravitated around market development and management positions for public listed tech giants such as Progress Software Corp (NASDAQ:PRGS) and software product start-ups such as Fiorano Software Inc., mainly spearheading new business/product roll-outs in Asian geographies based out of Singapore.
A Kauffman Fellow, Amit’s start-up experience is dotted with founding award-winning new media start-ups such as ettaminA studios and actively consulting for over a dozen others across India, Australasia and US.
Amit was previously Deputy Chairman for Business Angels Network South East Asia (BANSEA) for three years between 2011 to 2014. He has been an invited mentor at Ideas Inc., Singapore Management University Innovation Center, Founders Institute Singapore, Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta and X-Media Labs.
Amit serves on the boards of Pomelo, TradeGecko, LivSpace, PaySense, Kredivo, Reddoorz, amongst others. Previous boards included Momoe (acquired by Shopclues), Travelmob (acquired by HomeAway), Zipdial (Acquired by Twitter), goVoyagin (acquired by Rakuten).
Currently working with
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Engineer.ai
Bespoke software development through human-assisted AI -
Kredivo
Affordable consumer credit in SE Asia -
LivSpace
Interior design marketplace -
Vayana Network
Short-term SME trade finance platform -
Pomelo
Women's fast fashion apparel and accessories -
PaySense
Mobile consumer credit platform -
TradeGecko
Cloud based inventory management software for SMEs -
Tookitaki
Predictive analytics modeling -
Voyagin
Destination events booking engine -
Pokkt
Mobile video advertising platform -
ZipDial
Missed call marketing platform in India -
ShopSpot
Mobile shopping platform for lifestyle brands -
TravelMob
Digital accommodation bookings