Serial entrepreneur with 24+ years of experience in the tech industry. Founded GoCrowdera, the world's first fee-free crowdfunding platform, which helped 22,000+ charities & individuals raise money to impact over a million lives. Founded the Giving Economy Forum (a Global Impact Leadership Forum) in 2018 to evangelize the "Giving First" mindset instead of Giving Back.Currently building an amazing team at Crowdera, an AI-powered SaaS company that helps organizations automate and amplify their fundraising. Crowdera has a mission to touch a billion lives by modernizing financial inclusion and digital transformation technology for philanthropy. Built powerful communities in Silicon Valley, including Nopay startups, to promote bootstrapped entrepreneurship and shorten the startup learning curve. Also been a regular speaker in multiple global summits, a thought leader and published author, with references and articles in top media journals like the ET, HuffPost, Entrepreneur, TOI, Tech in Asia, Statesman, and hundreds more. Guest lectured at Leavy, Hult, IIMB, IMT and many b-schools.I specialize in Venture Development, Fundraising, Impact Investments, Deal Making, Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, Charity-tech, Financial Inclusion.Always looking for ways to add value to charities and nonprofits. Ping me if you'd like to chat!
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FounderGiving Economy ForumMenlo Park, Ca, Us
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Executive ChairmanCrowdera Dec 2023 - PresentSingapore, Sg -
Ceo & FounderCrowdera Oct 2014 - Dec 2023Singapore, SgI founded Crowdera to provide a modern, no-code technology for charities and corporations to launch and run white-labeled fundraising platforms. As an enterprise software company, Crowdera offers sector-agnostic financial inclusion tools that help organizations of all sizes automate and amplify their fundraising efforts.
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Founder & Executive ChairmanGiving Economy Forum Nov 2018 - PresentThe Giving Economy Forum (GEF) stands as a vibrant community of over 5,000 changemakers, including more than 250 Giving Economy Awardees, with representation spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. Built on three dynamic pillars - Giving Economy Talks, Awards, and Forum Summit - GEF provides a global platform for inspiring dialogues, recognizes outstanding achievements, and facilitates networking and knowledge exchange. Through these initiatives, GEF fosters a worldwide community dedicated to placing giving at the heart of economic and social progress, driving meaningful impact and celebrating the power of generosity across diverse cultures and regions.
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Chairman Of The BoardCrowdera Foundation Dec 2018 - PresentBuilding a Giving Economy and Envisioning a financially inclusive world by empowering one million charities by 2030. -
Executive ChairmanRaisefree (Fka Gocrowdera) Jan 2021 - PresentWalnut, California, Us -
FounderRaisefree (Fka Gocrowdera) Nov 2014 - Feb 2022Walnut, California, UsRaisefree PBC (formerly known as GoCrowdera PBC) is a free and AI-powered crowdfunding platform, with a philanthropic mission to support social impact and innovation. In 2022, Raisefree became a Public Benefit Corporation, and continues to inspire social change and help organizations go beyond traditional fundraising.
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Investor & AdvisorRevurge Feb 2024 - Present -
Investor & AdvisorDeliver.Sg Jan 2024 - PresentSingapore, Sg -
FounderNopay Startups - Bootcamps & Workshops May 2010 - PresentMountain View, UsI invested time, money, ideas, experience, and design to help people start and grow their startups. NoPay was an initiative that changed the way startup bootcamps worked, shortening the learning curve from years to hours. NoPay Startups is now a community of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. -
Investor & Board MemberYogya.Ai Jan 2021 - Dec 2022Bangalore, Karnataka, In -
FounderThrive5 Nov 2018 - Mar 2021Singapore, Singapore, SgThrive5 is an extended startup accelerator program and an investment firm that runs from India and Singapore designed to support startups & social enterprises to accelerate their launch and very early stage growth. The program aims to support entrepreneurs to build five fundamental pillars for their global growth. Thrive5's aim is to help entrepreneur align with UNSDGs, find them right HQ for their IP valuation, and help them fundraise via appropriate channels. This initiative was started Crowdera Foundation and later acquired by Centwin Partners Singapore Pte Ltd. -
FounderFundedu (Fedu) Oct 2011 - Sep 2014Mountain View, Ca, UsI founded the education crowdfunding platform FundEdu in 2011. We helped underprivileged people in the US and India by providing them with financial assistance for their education. We started as a peer-to-peer lending platform, but evolved into a rewards-based platform in 2014 after acquiring another education crowdfunding company called Umojawa.During our three years of operation, we helped several individuals change their lives, formed great teams, made lifetime friends, and most importantly, learnt a lot. -
Director (Corp Dev, Sales, & Product@Client)Ness Technologies Aug 2008 - Oct 2013New York, Ny, UsSales Leader at Ness managing multiple Strategic Accounts, and Business Development/Sales activities. Built a portfolio of over XX Mil+ strategically managing fortune 100 accounts from Silicon Valley, enhancing Ness branding & revenue. Product portfolio included managed projects/services in software product engineering and professional services space. -
Consultant - Product Engineering / Resource MobilizationEbay Feb 2010 - Mar 2013San Jose, Ca, Us -
Product Management ConsultantPearson Jun 2008 - Jul 2009London, GbKey team member for strategy & planning team + managing overall reference site for flagship product PearsonAccess. -
Management ConsultantApex Technology Systems Inc Aug 2007 - Jul 2008South Plainfield, New Jersey, UsManagement Consulting for business process optimization/re-engineering for Multiple Departments of City of Memphis (Memphis), Sunlife Financials (Boston), and Sales Process Optimization for Apex. -
Business HeadThrinaina Informatics Ltd Feb 2005 - Jun 2007Secunderabad, Telangana, InAs a business leader I led revenue generation and project execution in digital archiving, record management, CRM, and ERP deployment. I served as a consultant for government organizations, assisting in RFP preparation and project monitoring. I also championed the Six Sigma program, mentoring, teaching, and driving process improvement projects. -
EntrepreneurMultiple Entrepreneurial Stints Jan 1999 - Dec 2004I started a computer hardware and software business in Nagpur, India, in 1999 while still in my engineering college. Also launched India's first virtual reality gaming center. I successfully managed the multiple businesses for 6 years, including a scanning and data conversion service, and a reseller and technology partner for ERP and telecom solutions. I employed 160 people at my peak. From reselling technology products of HPCompaq, Intel, Microsoft, Zenith, HCL, and Reliance to building software for finance companies, did it all. Moved to Hyderabad in 2005 to take on bigger challenges in the corporate world, leaving my entrepreneurial ventures behind.
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Nagpur UniversityElectrical Engineering
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