Our speakers
Vaibhav Lodha, Co Founder, ftcash
Vaibhav is the Co-founder of ftcash. ftcash is one of India's fastest growing financial technology company, recognized by Forbes, backed by PayPal. ftcash empowers the 60+ million under`served micro-merchants in India through financial inclusion using digital payments and loans.
Previously, he was a Director, Global Development at XPRIZE, leading World’s first global prize that targets the problem of access to water. Vaibhav has spent the last decade working in the areas of policy and development across over 5 countries and 20 states in India. He had previously been associated with The World Bank advising Government of India for a $1 billion project on Water Supply and Sanitation.
In 2010, LGT Impact Ventures selected Vaibhav as an iCATs Fellow. In 2012, Vaibhav was selected as a Swaniti Fellow and awarded ‘Power 30 under 30’, USA for his work with the Honorable Member of Parliament. In 2014, World Economic Forum selected him as a Global Shaper to represent the voice of the millennials at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos. In 2016, he was selected as an Acumen Fellow and German Chancellor Fellow under the patronage of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was recognized as Gifted Citizen by La Ciudad de las Ideas in Mexico. In 2017, he was selected as an Asia Foundation Development Fellow. Vaibhav is an alumnus of Harvard University – Kennedy School of Government and NIT Trichy.
Vaibhav S J. , Co-Founder & CEO, Easy Pay
Vaibhav Tewari, Chief Operating Officer, Portea Medical
Vaibhav has more than 20 years of diversified experience in building new businesses across Industries such as healthcare, business process outsourcing, technology and supply chain management. As a key member of the leadership team since Portea’s inception, Vaibhav has been instrumental in driving several innovations such as point-of-care and remote monitoring of patients, a customer engagement programme (an industry-first in home healthcare), diseases-specific offerings etc. Portea, which was named ‘Startup of the Year’ in the 2016 NDTV Unicorn Awards in the Health-Tech category, and ‘Emerging Health Brand of the Year’ at the India Health Summit & Awards, has 4000+ employees and operations across 16 cities in India and brings in-home to patients, the full range of geriatric, chronic, post-operative care as well as allied healthcare services that are affordable and convenient to access.
Vaibhav is an accomplished speaker and has also published numerous papers and articles with many leading publications over the years. He has been actively involved in promoting entrepreneurship and serves on Advisory Board for many start-ups. Vaibhav is a B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur and a MBA from IIM Calcutta.
Vaibhav Tewari, Co-founder & CEO, Portea Medical
Vaibhav Tewari, Co-founder & CEO @ Portea, Coach & Mentor
Vaisakh T Rajeevan, CEO, Prophaze Technology
Valerie Rozycki Wagoner, Founder & CEO, Zipdial
Founder & CEO, is focused on building a dynamic organization dedicated to innovation and excellence for customers and end users. That means finding the best people possible to join the team and getting out of their way!
Valerie most recently served as Head – Strategic Initiatives at mChek, a mobile payments startup in Bangalore, and before that she worked at eBay in California. Valerie earned both her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stanford University.
Vamesh Chovatia, Partner, Tata Capital Healthcare Fund
Vamesh joined Tata Capital in March 2015 as Partner of the Tata Capital Healthcare Fund. He has over 25+ years of experience in investment banking and private equity advisory. His experience spans managing investments and advising businesses across multiple industries. Vamesh co-lead’s the healthcare fund team and will be actively involved in managing the full lifecycle of new fundraising, investing, portfolio management and divestments.
Vamesh Chovatia, Managing Director, NEA
Vamesh Chovatia joined the NEA team in June 2011 as Managing Director of New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. (NEA India) based in Mumbai. Vamesh brings with him a total of over 22 years of experience in Private Equity Investing, Private Equity Advisory and Investment Banking.
Prior to joining NEA, he was Director- Private Equity at Kotak Investment Advisors Limited since 2005. He was responsible for originating transactions and investing in several companies like Home Solutions Retail, BVG India, NSE, MCX, Diamond Power Infrastructure etc. While at Kotak he also managed investments in life sciences and pharmaceuticals services sector investing in businesses as diverse as drug discovery, contract research, clinical research, biopharmaceuticals etc. and helped build a portfolio of companies like VLife Sciences, Siro Clinpharm, Indus Biotech, Rubicon Research, Bharat Serums & Vaccines. During his stint with Kotak, Vamesh has experienced a full life cycle of successful fund raising, investing and exiting businesses.
Vamshi Reddy, Co-Founder & CEO, Apalya Technologies
Vamshi leads Apalya's efforts in Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Over the years, Vamshi has garnered a lot of respect in the Mobile TV space in India helping make Apalya synonymous to Mobile TV in India.
Prior to starting Apalya, Vamshi worked at Cisco Systems in Information Technology management in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior stints include AT&T, USA and Ernst and Young, USA.