Mr. Venkat Raju is the CEO of Turbostart Global, a Global Fund (& Accelerator) with presence in Bengaluru (India), Dubai (MEA), Dallas (N. America) and Singapore (APAC). He also serves as a Venture Partner to a few Funds and an Advisor to select Incubators & Accelerators. He has been a serial entrepreneur (3 exits - 2 in Silicon Valley and 1 in Bangalore). Also, a seasoned corporate executive at F500 corporations across Financial Services, High Tech and Telecom and based out of New York, San Francisco, London. Currently, based in Bangalore, he is an Active Angel Investor, Advisor & Board Member in startups (current portfolio – 70+ startups)...."

Debangshu returned to India and started Purple Butterfly Technologies in the year 2020 in Bengaluru. Purple Butterfly Technology, a healthtech company, is working in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for children between 1 and 6 years. Its innovative application running on a high-tech micro-services-based collaborative platform provides tools for early detection, complete practice management system for doctors and therapists, learning management system for launching educational programs from well-known institutions. At the core of the platform is the AI & ML. Highly esteemed organizations like St. John’s National Health Sciences and Manipal Academy of Higher Education has built strategic partnership with Purple Butterfly Technologies. It has been recognized by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India for its’ pioneering work in this space.

Debangshu brings over two and half decades of experience in designing and implementing strategic solutions for attracting and acquiring top talent, to solve talent gaps and provide strategies to enable a sustainable talent landscape. He has been successfully driving large and complex businesses in diverse geographies. Debangshu's background spans across industries from BFSI, Technology, Telecom, Retail, Consulting and Infrastructure, having breadth of experience includes a combination of regional, country and international level roles. He has also been associated with multiple organizations like Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurs (GAME), LINK (erstwhile NUMA, the French accelerator), Revenue Collective (a global think tank headquartered in US) as Mentor in pro-bono capacity. Debangshu is also a TiE global charter member.

Live in Sync with Nature is the purpose that drives me and my initiatives. A Masters in Organic Chemistry (with Phyto chemistry specialization), Doctorate in Chemistry with focus on dietary antioxidants and International research experience, with Medical Research Council (UK), Ecole Normale Superiure (France), Texas Medical Center (USA) and National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan). Industrial Experience with expertise in Synthetic Chemistry, Nanotechnology and other modern technologies. Driven the R&D, technology and innovation, testing services, IP management, Business Development & Customer Support in technology development companies for Hygiene, Agriculture, Personal Care & Cosmetics and Textiles. I have been a Serial Entrepreneur and also Graduated from Goldman Sachs 10K (Cohort 2) initiative at NSRCEL, IIM, Bangalore and alumni of Goldman Sachs 10K Women Entrepreneur program, reimagining business at ISB, India

Dr. Malali Gowda is an entrepreneur and scientist in medicine, agriculture and environment. He has established strong network in the academics, research and industry at the national and international level by publishing international papers and patents. He was the first to establish the Gene/DNA Testing Laboratory in India. He has travelled extensively across India to demonstrate Gene testing technologies and its impact on humanity, science and business. Dr. Gowda’s laboratory was the first to decode genomes in India include human, plants (Rice, Tulsi, Neem, Sadalwood, Bhodhi, Ragi, Guduchi, etc) and viruses (COVID19, Dengue, H1N1). To impact the society and environment, he is instrumental in establishing two companies (DNAi World Pvt ltd and Bengaluru Genomics Center Pvt Ltd) and two non-profit organizations (DNA Life and BCRT).

Mr. Mithun Shah is a serial entrepreneur and currently the CEO of Anabio Technologies and Microbe Investigations Switzerland. He has a Master in Materials and Textiles from University of Massachusetts and prior to Anabio, Mithun was the head Global Product Development for, Ahlstrom (Medical Fabrics), in the US.

Anabio Technologies is a deep science startup with a mission to scale Sustainability with 2 business verticals, consumer goods and life sciences. Founded in 2017 in a garage in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, and relocated to Bangalore, India in 2018.

Consumer Goods Vertical: After 7 years of research, we have developed a flushable and biodegradable sanitary pad. Here their technology eliminates the need for disposal and processing of used pads.

Life Sciences vertical (Microbe Investigations Switzerland): We specialize in Bacteriology, Virology and Entomology (insects) assays. With these assays, we help global companies from over 75 countries develop and/or test antibacterial and antiviral chemistries.