Rohin Y is a second-time entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience in research, building R&D startups and teaching. He completed his PhD (Cosmology) from Delhi University, Masters (Physics) and Bachelors (Electronics) from BITS- Pilani. Rohin started his career at STMicroelectronics in Tech R &D group before moving to academia and founding MyTi Technetronics. He thrives in creating multi-disciplinary projects and teams with interests ranging from Theoretical Physics, Machine Learning to Embedded Systems and VLSI design. 

Ramana is a Researcher in Photonics with 35+ years of experience in India and Singapore in Industry, Govt. Research Institutes and academia. He did his Masters (Applied Optics) from NIT, Warangal. He started his career at DRDO before moving to IME, A* Star Singapore, Agilent, Avago, Philips and most recently startups like Transcelestial. His research interests include optical interconnects, optical packaging, optical design and illumination systems with domain knowledge in optics, high speed systems, packaging, electronics and optoelectronics.

YourNest is a sharply focused early-stage DeepTech VC fund from India, deploying from its second fund of US$ 45 mn to invest in Indian startups with a focus on DeepTech (IoT, AI/ML, Robotics, Cloud, Automation, etc) SaaS-oriented businesses building IP for global markets.

growX is a B2B and DeepTech focused early-stage venture fund which works closely with investee firms at both strategic and operational levels to drive scale and success. Its investments are focused on seed and pre-Series A stages across a wide range of sectors. growX has invested in over 35 companies like Fynd, Locus, Mad Street Den, Pixxel, Progcap, Wellthy, and Zipolan, among others.

Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab (SFAL), a K-Tech CoE for Fabless, is an initiative towards developing and enhancing the fabless ecosystem in India. Focus of SFAL is around enabling fabless startups, across India and encourage creation and development of Products/IPs from India. It is an initiative funded by the Department of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T of Govt. of Karnataka through the Karnataka Innovation Technology Society (KITS) in collaboration with India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) 

Entrepreneur First (EF) is the world’s leading talent investor, and pioneered the model of investing in people before they have a company or team. EF is passionate about supporting ambitious, talented people to maximise their impact, and accelerate their lives and career paths. EF was founded on the premise that the world is missing out on some of its best founders. Restricted by lack of resources, time, networks, geography and opportunity, people with the potential to found the most important technology of the future were not. EF's 6-month long programme breaks down those barriers and opens the door to entrepreneurship for the next generation of leading founders.