Chirag Pungaliya

At Collective, we’re not just building startups; we’re fostering an ecosystem where visionary founders can bring their ideas to life.

Developing and implementing multi-channel marketing strategy. Business strategy remodeling and creating new sales channels. Forming business partnerships with other renewable energy and cleantech companies. Liaison with non-profit organizations for climate change awareness campaigns.

SpringUp Capital is a Micro-VC fund and Scale-Up Accelerator focused on spotting, funding, mentoring and scaling start-ups. Supported by strong accelerator program, SpringUp enables start-ups across the world to find markets to scale.

* Identification and characterization of novel endogenous small molecules related to longevity and increased healthspan in C. elegans. Pungaliya, et al. PNAS 2009 Apr 3 * Mentored undergraduate and graduate students at the Schroeder Research Lab. * Conducted undergraduate general and organic chemistry lab sections for four semesters.

* Independent research on a novel multidrug resistance protein RLIP76 which confers resistance to various chemotherapeutic agents. Presented my research at the national ACS conference. * Collaborated on a project that was published in Int J Oncol. 2007, 30, 139-44 and co-authored a review on therapeutic resistance in lung cancer in Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2006, 5, 753-77.

* Johnson Graduate School of Management Coursework - Global Innovation and Technology Commercialization, Case Studies in Venture Finance, Commercialization of University Science and Technology, Venture Capital Industry and Private Equity, Due Diligence in Private Equity Investment, Business Law.