Our speakers
Alok Gupta, Partner, Headland Capital Partners
Alok joined HSBC Private Equity in 2008, which has been renamed as Headland Capital Partners further to the management buyout in 2010. He is based at Mumbai as a member of the venture investment team.
Alok commenced his career at ANZ Grindlays Bank as part of the Investment Banking team responsible for Indian structured finance and syndications. He also worked with ABN AMRO Securities at the Debt Capital Markets desk.
In 2000, he joined Rabo India Finance (a part of the Rabobank Group) as a member of the life sciences and healthcare team and thereafter as part of the start-up team at YES Bank, commenced and developed the life sciences and technology practice. He has worked with a number of companies in these sectors on debt, equity capital raising and business and financial advisory services.
Alok holds an engineering and economics degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He is also a member of the CII National Committee on Drugs & Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology.
Alok Jain, Founder & CEO , Yumist
Alok is the founder & CEO at Yumist. Prior to this he has built multiple tech startups across India, US and Singapore in the fields of e-commerce, consumer internet, mobile gaming and digital strategy consulting. He has also served as CMO at Zomato and DealsAndYou.
A propagator of business automation and scalable processes, Alok strongly believes that the future of business lies in data and intelligent use of it. In his spare time, he loves to spend time with his family & friends, read, travel and cook.
Alok Kejriwal, CEO and Co-Founder, Games2win.com
Kejriwal is a serial entrepreneur and is currently the CEO and co-founder of Games2win his fourth company. His previous ventures include Contests2Win.com one of India's recognized Internet brands, Mobile2win acquired by Walt Disney in China and Norwest Ventures in India, and Media2win one of the top three interactive agencies in India. Games2win, India's first casual gaming site launched in 2006 is now one of the top 20 online gaming businesses in the world as per Comscore.
Alok actively mentors first generation entrepreneurs looking at starting out on their own and help them by VC contacts, negotiating funding, start up strategy, introduction to brand and media owners and all kinds of service providers. He is also the founder of www.therodinhoods.com , social network for like minded entrepreneurs.
Alok Mehta, Head of Technology, Atom Technologies
Alok Mehta, Director - Investor Relations, Blume Ventures
Alok Mittal, Co-Founder & CEO, Indifi Technologies
Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, India's leading full-stack platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses.
Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi.
Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' venture investment business. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.
Alok Mittal, Managing Director, Canaan Partners India
Alok Mittal is passionate about India's entrepreneurial ecosystem. He is a co-founder of Indian Angel Network, on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi, and an advisor to Adtech India. Alok joined Canaan in 2006 and is currently on the boards BharatMatrimony (Matrimony.com), IndiaProperty, iYogi, mCarbon, UnitedLex, CarTrade and Happiest Minds.
Alok's expertise is working with early stage consumer internet and mobile companies, as well as supporting innovators in managed software services and other IT enabled businesses. He is a regular speaker at prominent industry events such as TiE, NASSCOM, VCCircle, Adtech and more.
Prior to joining Canaan, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business, which was acquired by Monster.com, the global leader in online recruitment. He also brings strong Telecom experience to Canaan having worked for Hughes Software Systems. Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.
Alok Mittal, Co Founder & CEO, Indifi
Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, a platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses. He serves as the President of Digital Lenders Association of India. Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi.
Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' venture investment business in India, investing in high growth technology and internet startups. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India, which was acquired by Monster.com, the global leader in online recruitment.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.
Alok Mittal, Co-founder and CEO, indifi technologies
Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, a platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses. Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi. Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' operations in India, investing in high growth technology and internet startups. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India, which was acquired by Monster.com, the global leader in online recruitment.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.
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Alok Nanda, Founder and CEO, Alok Nanda & Co. (ANC)
Alok Nanda is the Founder and CEO of Alok Nanda & Company-India’s only Brand and Communications Consultancy focused on the lifestyle and luxury space. Alok started his career with the legendary creative agency-Trikaya Advertising, where he rose to become National Creative Director and then member of the Grey Asia-Pacific Creative Board. He set up ANC in 1999 to bring together for the first timed the worlds of advertising, design, experience design and branding - under one roof. This multidisciplinary approach has helped build brands like Taj Hotels, Arrow, Wrangler, Sula wines, Lodha, Barista, Ambuja and Marico, to name a few.
ANC under Alok’s leadership has forayed into specialist areas such as envisioning ‘purpose’ for corporates, leveraging art to sell brands through Brand Canvas - a JV company, Hyphen - a brand engagement company, and Filter - a design lab. A multi-award winner, Alok is known for his exacting standards and attention to detail - both which he considers not negotiable in the premium consumer space. Alok is an avid collector of wine and antiquarian books.
ANC (Alok Nanda & Company) under Alok’s visionary leadership has won esteemed awards in India and abroad.One such award won by Alok is the prestigious ''The Leading Hotels of the World - Chairman's Award” for two consecutive years ( 2006 and 2007), for the print campaign for the Taj Luxury collection. ANC being the only company in the world to have won this award twice in a row.