Pravin Gandhi has over 35 years of operational and entrepreneurial experience in the IT industry in India, and is a founding partner at Seedfund. With over 10 years of investing experience, he is extensively networked in the Indian investment and entrepreneurial scene and is an active early-stage equity investor.

Pravin holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University, and serves on the board of several public and private corporations in India. Pravin is a former President of the Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (an IT manufacturers association in India) and was formerly a member of the NASSCOM Executive Council. He was the President and is currently the Global Trustee of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), as well as on the board of SINE, the IIT (Bombay) incubator.

Safir Anand advises and acts for clients from diverse industries ranging from FMCG, Pharma, Software, Social Media, Food Industry, Media, Sports, Entertainment, Luxury and Fashion, Government Bodies and more. He very actively works as an IP advisor and work towards providing Inputs towards strategy, Business models, Marketing and Commercial Insights blended with an astute understanding of the IP law that covers ; IP Protection, IP Enforcement – Civil and Criminal; Contractual IP – Agreements, Licensing, Franchising, Monetization, Strategic Advisory and Due Diligence.

He has taken several initiatives to create IP awareness across all segments and levels that have been widely reported by media. His focus is to unleash the power of intangibles and nurture the untapped IP potential through specialized IP services.

T. N. Hari wears different hats. He is the Co-Founder of Artha School of Entrepreneurship. He is also an angel investor, an evangelist, thought leader, and influencer in the Startup ecosystem. He is an alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Calcutta.

He has authored 8 books and also writes for the center page of Mint quite regularly. His books ‘Saying No to Jugaad’, ‘From ‘Pony to Unicorn’, and ‘Diversity Beyond Tokenism’ have been bestsellers.

He has been part of the leadership teams at five high growth start-ups and helped shape their growth journeys and exits, including a listing on NASDAQ. Three of these went on to become Unicorns. He is also passionate about helping founders build great companies and supporting women leaders discover their potential.

Hari also contributes at a strategic level through Board positions on companies whose mission he finds inspiring and in alignment with his capabilities.

Sunil Nair serves as the President of Global Business for BeLive Technology Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based SaaS platform specializing in video commerce. Before joining BeLive, Mr. Nair was the CEO of Firework India, eventually transitioning to its APAC Managing Director in Singapore. As the former COO of ALTBalaji, he was instrumental in Balaji Telefilm’s pioneering efforts in the OTT sector, and even founded Nautanki TV, an online video distribution platform later acquired by Hungama.

With a distinguished career spanning various leadership roles at One Channel Media, Reliance Jio, Star India Pvt Ltd, and Brand Portrait, Mr. Nair remains a vital figure in the startup ecosystem, offering his expertise as both an advisor and mentor. Beyond his professional pursuits, he is an accomplished children’s author, with three titles available on Amazon.

Pratap Singh Nathani is an experienced banker, a serial entrepreneur and a BFSI expert. He has spent over two decades in the financial services sector where he has worked across asset classes such as retail, PSUs and large corporates before he started his entrepreneurial journey.

He started his career by distributing retail bonds/NCDs & FDs to individuals at Apple Finance and later went on to raise debt for Government Institutions via Non-SLR bonds and sell them to Provident Funds at Centrum & Darashaw. Later, he was tasked with establishing the Loan Syndication business for JM Morgan Stanley. He effectively established and led the Loan Syndications & Debt Capital Markets practices at ING Vysya Bank.

He was involved in marquee transactions such as leveraged finance for an Auto ancillary and M&A Finance for a large telecom tower firm at JM Financial (following the JM-MS split).

He is currently the Founder and Managing Director of Beacon Group, a leading financial service provider to AIFs, Mutual funds, banks and NBFCs. He is also the founder of a FinTech – LoanXpress.