
Varadarajan Krishna (Varad) is a global serial techpreneur and angel investor with over 34 years of hands on experience in building and scaling technology ventures across various domains, such as embedded software, KPM, telecom, and cleantech. He has been through multiple exits, including two IPOs, and has been part of teams that developed multiple patents and IP assets. Has a strong background in ECEngg and in Advance Technology Entrepreneurship of Venture Labs of Stanford University. Varad is passionate about fostering open innovation ecosystems and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. Over the years, he has mentored over 300 founders either through cohorts of incubation and acceleration programs in India and overseas that he had been running or even individually when they seek his guidance. Some of these institutional incubators include: IIITB, DERBI, BRTSIF, SINE IITB, SIIC IITK, IITM RP, ecells at IITM, IITB, Sastra Engg, to name a few. He has been regularly participating as a keynote speaker, chief guest, panelist and also grand jury to adjudicate winners at Demo Day events worldwide. Varad is currently a Strategic Advisor and Partner at UK India Cross Border Next Generation Fund III where his role is to identify emerging opportunities for early stage investments and thereafter convert them into a winning portfolio. He is also a Senior Advisor at the TiH cluster with the goal to bring Innovations to the market in the fastest time. The outcomes from these activities and others are then connected to The 100 Open Startups platform thereby growing and scaling them globally leading to the growth and sustainability of the innovation ecosystems.
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Cofounder
100 Open Startups
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Sep 2015 - Present
Bangalore
Executive Director - Global Strategy
WX-ONE
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Jun 2024 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Advisory Board
Pontaq
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Mar 2024 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Senior Advisor Innovation & Entrepreneurship
IITT NIF
Jan 2023 - Present
Board of Director
WinAMR
Jun 2006 - Present
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Cofounder & Global Strategy
genix.ai
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Jan 2020 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Senior Investment Advisor
Discovery Nxt Family Office
May 2023 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Cofounder & Managing Partner
Startup360 Accelerator
May 2019 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Managing Director
Induct AS India & MENA
Apr 2010 - Present
Bangalore India
Co-Founder & President
IIRA Consulting Pvt Ltd
Jan 2007 - Present
Bangalore
Advisory Board - Global Strategy
iTechGenic Global Pte Limited
May 2020 - Dec 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Director - New Business
US based Industrial Automation Major
Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
Founder President
Advancomm Consulting
Jan 2005 - Dec 2006
Founder Director - Technology
GDR Soft Ltd
Sep 1998 - May 2002