Headline

Building companies, dreams.

About

Only accepting connections from people I’ve met or worked with directly. Co-founded four mobile messaging companies in two decade — Innoz, the world's largest offline search engine (ran profitably for several years before open sourcing it in 2013); Quest, a mobile knowledge messaging platform backed by 500 Startups; Lookup(acquired), one of the first conversational commerce app funded by Khosla and Biz Stone and KiranaPro, an AI agent for local commerce based on India Stack. Recognized as one of the outstanding innovators under 35 by the MIT Technology Review, one of Asia's 21 emerging leaders under 40 according to Asia Society. Business Insider described him 'The Mark Zuckerberg of India.' Specialties: Viral, Organic and easy to use consumer products. Brand builder.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

codex

cursor

Work experience

Co-founder & CEO at KiranaPro, Dec 2024 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Redefining quick commerce with local kirana stores for ultra-fast deliveries and sustainability. Backed by Leading Investors: Unpopular Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, TurboStart and Snow Leopard Ventures. Checkout http://www.kirana.pro/ Email me at deepak@kirana.pro

Strategic Advisor at Canvas Space, Mar 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Worked directly with the CEO and worked on pipeline, sales and marketing efforts of the company.

Director of Partnerships at Verloop.io, Apr 2020 - Jan 2021 · 10 mos, Verloop is the world's leading customer support automation platform. It helps businesses deliver delightful support experiences to their customers, across channels. Verloop.io has made major strides in that regard, creating partnerships with Microsoft, Google & Capillary amongst others.

Entrepreneur in Residence at Entrepreneurs First, Dec 2018 - Mar 2019 · 4 mos, Entrepreneur First is a company builder that invests in individuals "pre-team, pre-idea" to help create new technology startups.

Country Manager at Yalo, Jan 2018 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos, P&L for 2018-2019 India launch and operations. Advised the Founders and CEO with fundraising as well as technology.

Education

iAccelerator, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Kannur University, Kannur