Amit Pamecha, is a serial entrepreneur, investor, founder and managing partner at AMVA Partners - an investment firm focused on Ed Tech, Technology and franchise investments and provides strategy, capital and advisory services to help companies achieve faster growth.Amit is also the Founder and Board Member of FranConnect. Amit launched FranConnect in 2001 as a SaaS software company, without any background in franchising and without any venture capital and made it into the largest SaaS based franchise software solutions provider in the world servicing over 600 franchise brands. As part of FranConnect, Amit has personally worked with over 400 Franchise organizations, is a frequent speaker on franchising and entrepreneurship and is author of the book, “Achieving Franchise Sales Success”. Amit is also the co-founder of NewLearning Foundation. NewLearning is focused on focused on bringing quality education to as many children as possible by leveraging new learning methods and technology. NewLearning works by providing direct grants to non-profits, funds innovative startups focused on Ed Tech and takes on direct projects.Prior to FranConnect, Amit was the Co-founder and CTO of Zgraffiti, a comparative shopping platform. Amit has a MS in Robotics from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Delhi. Amit also holds patents on Public Key Infrastructure and is the author of several research papers on Metamorphic robots.Specialties: Leadership and Management, Strategy, Investments, Software Product Design, Franchising, Ed Tech.
Listed skills include Franchising, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, New Business Development, and 46 others.