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Sunil K Goyal, Founder & CEO, YourNest Angel Fund | @YourNestAngel

Sunil K. Goyal is the founder and CEO of YourNest Angel Fund. Prior to founding YourNest, Sunil has won recognition for playing instrumental roles in well-known business like Bharti Group & Dabur. Sunil is also an independent director on the Board of Bharti Telecom Limited (Holding company of Bharti Airtel Limited) and Bharti Hexacom Ltd (A JV with TCIL, a GoI undertaking).

Sunil is a former member of TiE, Indian Angel Network & Mumbai Angels. His passion for early stage ventures has led him to invest in 9 start-ups on his own, before he set-up YourNest. Recently, Sunil got an exit to global players from his first personal investment company ZipDial, which has been acquired by Twitter and in VuClip, which has been acquired by PCCW.

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Sunil K Kolangara, Director, Ascent Capital Advisors

Sunil is a Director at Ascent Capital Advisors. Ascent Capital is one of the oldest and most experienced Private Equity teams in India and manages a corpus of around $575 mn over three private equity funds.

Sunil has considerable experience in financial markets having worked as an investment professional and fund manager both in Indian public and private markets for almost two decades. He  has been with Ascent Capital since Sept 2003, where he has been associated with several young and fast growing businesses at the Board level dealing with strategic, financial and general management issues.

Sunil's earlier stint as a  Principal Consultant at Infosys Technologies has given him international experience in client interactions and IT business consulting in the financial services domain. Prior to that he had worked close to a decade with Unit Trust Of India across investment management functions spanning credit and equity markets in India.

Sunil holds a B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai and a Post Graduate Degree in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Sunil K. Kolangara, Director, UTI Ventures

Sunil has been with UTI Ventures since 2003. He brings with him over 16 years of experience in capital markets with extensive knowledge in corporate finance and fund management, along with a keen understanding of the technology sector. Formerly with Infosys Technologies, he was a Principal Consultant in the financial securities domain. He has also worked with UTI Mutual Fund in credit rating, primary market investments and as an offshore fund manager of the India IT Fund. Sunil is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT, Chennai and an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Sunil Kalra, , Angel investor

A Graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, Sunil began his career in Exports in 1987. After playing around with several ideas, he narrowed down his focus onto Leather Apparel. A manufacturing unit was established in 1992; That unit grew to work with some of the worlds best brands including Donna Karen, Ann Taylor, J Crew, Eddie Bauer, Next and many more.

He exited the Export Industry in 2002. After a one year sabbatical he joined together with a group of investors to promote Assotech Reality, and, the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. Sunil worked actively to grow both ventures. He continue to be a member of the Board of Governors, and the Finance Committee, at the University. Sunil has been an active angel investor from Indian Angel Network. His current portfolio of investee companies include over 15 companies spread over diverse sectors.

Sunil Karad, Chief Mentor, Universal Training Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

The journey of Dr. Sunil Karad began from a small town Rameshwar, Dist. Latur, gathered momentum in the City of Pune, blossomed in Sheffield, U.K and is now branching to various parts of the world with its roots nested in this city of Pune. It was evident that he had set a different path for himself with his choice of Alandi, the pilgrim town of Maharashtra for the establishment of the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering (MAE) in 1999.  

A visionary to the core, he firmly believes that your work speaks for you and practices the same mantra. Hiring the right person in the right position at the right time is the first key to success and leading with example is the next. Proficient at delegating he looks into the policy decisions that matter - for all his organisations and promotes transparency. It is through these qualities that now, 11 years later, he has to his credit a number of unique institutes and also heads a Educational service providing corporate house.

Sunil Kulkarni, Dty Managing Director, Oxigen Services (India) Pvt. Ltd

Sunil is referred to as the techno-savvy mind behind designing the Oxigen Technology for dispensation of various service & products to the Retail in India. He is designated Deputy Managing Director, in October 2011, to support the Chairman of Oxigen in overall conduct of Oxigen business.

Sunil has successfully led the company's development & growth and would now be focused on Oxigen's biggest opportunity covering Banking , Remittances, Mobile wallets, Merchant payments, IMPS, to propel Oxigen into its next growth phase. He will also be responsible for effective strategy on Risk mitigation and Fraud prevention.

Sunil Kulkarni, Joint MD, Oxigen Services

Sunil is referred to as the techno-savvy mind behind developing and delivering Oxigen Technology for various services & products including Oxigen Wallet, which is an innovative payment mechanism and prepaid wallet accessible online/on-mobile. He successfully led the company's development & growth from a recharge/billpay company to an integrated Recharge-Money Transfer-Payment Solution company. He is now responsible for taking the company to its biggest opportunity in Banking, Domestic & International Remittances, Mobile wallets, Merchant Payments, IMPS and Aadhaar enabled payments to propel Oxigen into its next growth phase.

Sunil Kumar, CTO, Shiprocket

Sunil Kumar Goyal, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Managing Director, YourNest Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd.

Sunil Kumar Jang Bahadur, Customer Engineer- AI and ML, Google Cloud

Sunil Kumar Jang Bahadur, a Google Customer Engineer - AI & GenAI Specialist, possesses 14+ years of software industry experience. His last seven years have been dedicated to deep learning, contributing to sectors like retail, banking, and industrial automation. With a passion for training machines, he enhances diverse use cases with his expertise.