
Usha is a purpose-driven leader, active founder, and ecosystem builder in the startup scene, and strategy consultancy area. In the daytime, Usha consults firms and organizations in devising their strategies, positioning, and optimizing themselves on achieving tangible ways of ensuring actionable guidance to accelerate their sustainability agendas in their supply chains and investing frameworks. In the nighttime, she hustles with her entrepreneurship hat. She is currently the CEO of Bluepreneur Asia Ventures. Since 2017, she has built 2 cleantech startups, FLUXER (Invention of Solar Resonant 3D Wireless Charger that wirelessly charges all devices using solar energy as power source without batteries, utilization in F & B outlets for B2C usage) and Carbon Tree (a B2B & B2C startup that is supported by McKinsey, Carbon Tree converts all plastic cup wastes generated from retail outlets and the rural community converting them into secondary products. 30% of the client sales are invested into these rural communities for the livelihood). Over these years, she has overseen partnerships, the development of startup ecosystems and communities across regions. Usha proudly leads her incubation company, Bluepreneur Asia in incubating and scaling APAC startups solving world's pressing problems in the sustainability, clean tech and blue tech sectors with resources and market expertise. She empowers these startups through Bootcamp programs, sustainable impact consultancy programs, community building programs, fellowships, mentorships and educational social impact workshops. She believes that acceleration of impact and value creation happens faster with collaboration levels and not silos. A fellow for Young Southeast Asia Leadership Initiative, where she runs environmental initiatives, research and teaching current fellows associated with EWC and Washington DC. Also, a fellow of Sigma Squared Society based in San Francisco. She empowers women with business in the Lean In community. She has always challenged herself, leaning into the things that scare her and as a result, she loves achieving a lifelong growth mindset. A fitness enthusiast, coffee lover, a curious networker, and a polymath. Usha devotes her life to "Success is built upon 99% attitude and 1% aptitude."
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Founder
Bluepreneur Asia Ventures
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Aug 2021 - Present
Asia Pacific
Marketing, Community & Partnerships
WORQ
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Apr 2023 - Present
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lean in Malaysia
Lean In Malaysia
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Jun 2021 - May 2025
Executive
Sigma Squared Society
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Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Academic Fellow (Environment and Resource Management)
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI)
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Jan 2020 - Jul 2022
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, Hawaii, California, New York
Teaching Fellow
East-West Center
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Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
United States
Fellowship
Kairos Asean
Oct 2016 - Sep 2021
singapore
Chief Executive Officer
Carbon Tree
Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
Country Lead
Ministry of Gender Equality and Women, Entrepreneurship
Jun 2019 - Jul 2020
South Korea