Founder, CEO
Deepak Ravindran
Building companies, dreams.
Building companies, dreams.
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Experience
Pirate Fund
Founder, CEO
Helping founders succeed.
Exit
Lookup
Founder, CEO
Conversational Commerce App/Messenger funded by Khosla and Biz Stone. Acquired in 2016.
Quest
Founder
500 Startups-backed social Q&A platform
Exit
Innoz
Founder and CEO
Fast Company most innovative company for 2014
Limca Book of Records: Largest Offline Search engine in the World - 120 million users
Limca Book of Records: Largest Offline Search engine in the World - 120 million users
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Mobio
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Trell
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nwplyng
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Rentop
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Ichanical Tech
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Hedcet
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Employee
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Projects
Worlds Largest Offline Search Engine
Founder and CEO, SMS, Java · Ideation to Execution to Exit
SMSGYAN -aka- Offline Google - SMS any query and get immediate answers without… · More internet. 120 Million + users in India and other emerging markets.
SMSGYAN -aka- Offline Google - SMS any query and get immediate answers without… · More internet. 120 Million + users in India and other emerging markets.
Mobile first and location based Q&A platform
Founder and CEO, iOS, Android · Fund raising, Growth and BD
Co-founders of Innoz, an SMS-based offline search engine in India that has… · More answered over 1 billion queries on mobile phones, are raising $500,000 in Seed funding from 500 Startups and other angel investors to build a Jelly-like app targeted at the U.S. market. The app is called Quest and it's currently available on Android.
Co-founders of Innoz, an SMS-based offline search engine in India that has… · More answered over 1 billion queries on mobile phones, are raising $500,000 in Seed funding from 500 Startups and other angel investors to build a Jelly-like app targeted at the U.S. market. The app is called Quest and it's currently available on Android.
Conversational Commerce App/Messenger
Founder and CEO, iOS, Android, Mobile Web · Fundraise, Growth and Acquisition
Lookup, an India-based chat service that connects consumers to… · More local business and is backed by some notable U.S. investors, has been acquired by business discovery service NowFloats, which is also based in India. The undisclosed deal is a mixture of cash and stock, and Lookup said it will continue to operate independently.
Lookup, an India-based chat service that connects consumers to… · More local business and is backed by some notable U.S. investors, has been acquired by business discovery service NowFloats, which is also based in India. The undisclosed deal is a mixture of cash and stock, and Lookup said it will continue to operate independently.
Education
About
Achievements
Deepak Ravindran is a serial entrepreneur from India has founded three mobile messaging companies in a decade: Innoz, Quest and Lookup. He has been recognised as one of the outstanding innovators under 35 by the MIT Technology Review and one of Asia’s 21 emerging leaders under 40 by the Asia Society. Recently, Business Insider described Deepak as the "Mark Zuckerberg of India".
His latest startup Lookup raised $3 million in funding from a range of top investors, including Vinod Khosla’s personal fund Khosla Impact, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Narayana Murthy’s Catamaran Ventures and Global Founders Capital, the investment fund from the Samwer brothers behind Rocket Internet. Lookup was acquired by NowFloats in 2016.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
Skills
Locations
Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
Zero to One
What's your favorite non-business book?
The Tipping Point
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
Take chances when you're young, tell stories when you're old.
What's the most creative thing you've ever done?
Dropped out of College.
Which founders or startups do you most admire?
Steve Jobs, Apple
What's your super power?
Hustle
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
What words of wisdom do you live by?
Show, don't tell.
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