Pankaj Gupta

EthAum Ventures Family Office is bullish on Indian growth story. Its investment thesis allows wide variety of investments in Tech startups, VC/ PE funds and public markets. India’s tech startup ecosystem has evolved into one of the most dynamic and expansive in the world. With 118 Unicorns, India ranks third globally in total unicorn count, behind the United States and China, and leads South Asia by a wide margin.

EthAum is a Deep Tech Accelerator that helps Non-Singaporean growth stage starts with expanding in ASEAN. EthAum`s portfolio consist of Blockchain, AI/ ML, Autonomous Vehicle, AR/ VR, Robotics startups from North America, Europe, Russia and Asia.

• Head of Regional Marketing for APAC, managing $100M business for all BUs of Veeco. • Designed and won multi-million dollar Service contracts that included HW/ SW upgrades, licenses, aftermarket spares, Expert support etc • Improved spares market share thru contracts & licensing and partnerships with low-cost alternatives.

• Responsible for developing and managing Services product portfolio, account strategies, strategic marketing, and P&L for MOCVD Business Unit. • Played a key role in developing upgrades, improving Market share for spares and designing and winning Service contracts.

Mera Medicare is a Hyperlocal Online Marketplace that enables patients and Healthcare professionals to interact with each other for the transaction of Healthcare products and services. • Developed business case, built the team and expanded to eight major cities of India in 14 months of the launch • Signed up 1 Million+ users, 500+ Retail Partners, and 5+ Giant Corp partners • Successful exit in 2016

mHealth (mobile health) is a general term for the use of mobile phones and other wireless technology in healthcare solutions. This is the group for all healthcare professionals who foresee mHealth innovations and start-ups as a panacea for all healthcare-related issues worldwide. Our main goal is to discuss great innovative ideas that have potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry as well as to become viable business model.

• Successfully developed & launched Roadway & Area LED Lighting for to generate $10M in 2013. • Prepared Business Case and Product Development Plans for Intelligent/ Smart LED Luminaire Systems with smart capabilities such as Predictive Analytic, Failure Detection, Auto-Corrections etc. • Organized, developed & delivered product training programs for Toshiba sales managers, independent sales agents & strategic partners (including Landis+Gyr, a Toshiba company). • Led weekly product development meetings involving domestic & international Engineering and CM partners

• Developed and launched Products for General/ Entertainment/ UV Lighting business units. • Successfully launched 3 LED Devices, 3 modules and 3 light engines for General Illumination, and Medical Device Manufacturing applications • Acquired new customers to generate revenue of $1.5M and contributed further in revenue generation. • Developed an effective strategy for 'Excess and Obsolete' which resulted sales of $1.0M. • Opened Indian market by collaborating with distributor and customers and generated revenue of $0.5M • Planned and successfully implemented UL certification program for 8 products.

• Started NY Association of Green Professionals (NYAGP) to provide a networking platform to Green Professionals. • Organized technical and entrepreneurial networking events on renewable energy topics. • Provided networking and branding opportunities to renewable energy start-ups.

• Performed New Customer Identification and Acquisition, Brand Awareness, Sales Presentations. • Created customer facing presentations, value proposition documents, ROI Analysis etc. • Wrote government grant for the company

• Demonstrates behavior of Single Photon as output of a 64-pulse optical replicator. • Through research entitled Single Photon through Optical Replicator, investigated various fundamentals of Fiber Optics, Geometrical Optics, and Quantum Theory of Optics; using numerous electro-optical devices to study behavior of Single photon generated from attenuated laser beam that passed through Optical Replicator; potential application include quantum cryptography and quantum computing.

• Studied Optical Properties of Materials, Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Physics, Technical Entrepreneurship, Chemistry of Advanced Materials, Renewable Energy, Nano-Electro-Opto-Bio, Optical Interference & Coating etc. • Wrote research papers on SixGe1-x Applications, Enhanced Efficiency of Si-Quantum Dot Solar cell by MEG, CNT Fabrication & Applications. etc • Developed Business Plan for Li-ion Battery: >> For Technical Entrepreneurship course created business plan for a start-up company that supplies battery manufacturers a patent-protected anode material designed to enhance Li-Ion battery performance. >> Plan won Mark Ain business competition and is now being used to seek funding and be transformed from proposal into actual venture.

• Impact Damage Assessment of Composite Laminates: As Senior Project manufactured composite laminates and observed their mechanical behavior with different impacts and fatigue. • High Temperature Corrosion of Titanium Alloys: As undergraduate independent study project in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), calculated corrosive behavior of titanium alloys in different media and at varying temperatures.