A digital entrepreneur with leadership experience in e-commerce, media and telecom. Currently an active angel investor and advisor in multiple startups. In his last assignment, he helped launch and localize Houzz in India. He had set up the local partner environment and recruited the IN team. He focused on growing the IN professional community and improving local engagement. He achieved 2.5x growth. Earlier, he built the babyoye brand from scratch. His journey involved 3 VC funding rounds, acquiring a competitor and finally being acquired by the Mahindra Group. He then transitioned a startup brand to take over the masthead of Mahindra Retail. The fact that a large enterprise group chose to adopt his brand is testimony to work that he did at babyoye. Prior to launching babyoye.com, he held several positions with Airtel’s enterprise business. His roles spanned Pricing & commercial management, product management, network planning, consulting and solutions.

An entrepreneur at heart and a seller by experience, Sumeet graduated from IIT Delhi and went on to head the offshore development center of a US product company, from where he evolved into sales leadership as India country head for Computer Associates and head of sales business units in Singapore and the US at Keane, Apar and HCL. He Co-founded Intersoft which grew to 300 people in 4 years, after which he attempted to create a few more companies before moving into Private Equity and Investment Banking. He continues to be involved in startups as an advisor and investor.

Accomplished and uniquely versatile executive and general manager with over 24 years’ track record of delivering innovative and impactful results in a wide range of roles and industries. Exceptional problem solver with a keen ability to diagnose business issues and formulate and implement durable solutions.