Experience

Computer Science Engineering → MS Computer Science → GreyOrange Robotics → Dexter Industries → RoboRium → JMoon MakerSpace → JMoon Labs → MakerMandi → MJF ‘s Rajeev Circle Fellowship → DraperU ‘s Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship → Startup Coach → Globacore → Executive MBA → Ripple Venture RippleX Fellowship → Venture Scout StartEngine → Hustle Fund Angel Squad → Venture Institute (Cohort 1) → Laconia Capital Venture Cooperative (Cohort 5) → VC Lab (Cohort 13)

1. Hardware Distribution & Retail: RoboRium: More than 2x YoY revenue growth for 8yrs, ZERO order returns, 2400+ SKUs, 64 brands, supplier to Amazon, Nvidia, IITs, IIITs, research institutes, and everyone building robots in India.
   Solo Indian distributor: 3D Gloop, 3D Simo, MarvelMind, MatchX, ODrive, TurtleBot3, Unitree, Felfil, Filastruder, JeVois, Dexter Industries, Shape Robotics, SparkMaker, TowerPro, Winbo, and Worbla & Thibra (across South- and South-East Asia).
   Biggest Indian distributor: Robotis, Actuonix, Banana Pi, Odroid, Khadas, Intel Realsense, Dagu, DF Robot, Google Coral, LattePanda, M5 Stack, Magigoo, Nano Pi, Orange Pi, Pine64, Rock Pi, Seeed Studio
2. Maker Community: JMoon MakerSpace: India’s 1st tech makerspace, Community of 3850 international makers, students, and entrepreneurs
3. Startup Incubator: JMoon MakerSpace: Hardware, AI, Blockchain, Social apps, Education
4. R&D / Product Dev: JMoon Labs: Robotics, IoT, 3D Printing, Wearables, AR/VR, Edtech, Adtech, Agtech, Prosthetics, RobotJJ. Inhouse and external clients.
5. Multi-Vendor Marketplace: MakerMandi: Maker-to-Market niche, Allowing sale of prototypes and bespoke products, Etsy +Tindie +Ebay
6. STEAM-CS Education: JMoon MakerSpace: 6000+ people aged 6 to 68yo

JMoon: India’s leading integrated ecosystem for robotics and hardware DIYers and pros
RoboRium → Makerspace: 2400+ hardware products
Makerspace → RoboRium: customers
Makerspace → Labs: employees, interns, early adopter community
Labs → Makerspace: after-hours operating location, machines, tools
Labs → RoboRium: suppliers, R&D products to retail
RoboRium → Labs: prototyping hardware, global manufacturer connect
Makerspace → MakerMandi: makers and sellers of prototyping products
RoboRium → MakerMandi: logistics operations
MakerMandi → RoboRium: additional customer base

7. Financial AI: SmarterAngel: Predicting & analyzing investments using data on stocks, crowd campaigns, and startups
8. Fashion Tech: Multiple fashion shows and working with artists on materials and technology
9. Cosplay & Movie / TV Prop Making
10. Dating Coach: 45-page manual for men, 1000s of relationships helped

Founder: Maker Community (India), ROS India Users Group (India), Toronto AI Innovation Forum (Canada)

Leader: Quantic University’s Entrepreneur Club (Global – Incubation Director of Programs), Motwani Jadeja Foundation (US+India – Fellow ’17 and VC Scout)

Active Member: DraperU Entrepreneur Network (US+India), Punjabi Chamber of Commerce (Canada+India), TiE (US+Canada+India), Open People Network, Homebrew Robotics, Brampton Entrepreneur Centre, Toronto DAO, IncubateIND, Silicon Valley Robotics, Kerala Startup Mission, K-Startup, Stanford Startup Garage, Micromentor, Centre for Social Innovation, Afro Caribbean Business Network, Headstart Delhi, StartupBlink, PORCH

Consultant to 200+ startups and SMBs in robotics, IoT / IIOT, 3D printing, wearables, AR/VR, POS machines, architecture, computer vision, AI, education, web3, metaverse, interactive art, health-tech, cleantech, fashion, cosmetics, startup services, immigration services, real estate, Food / FMCG / CPG, social community, gaming, content writing, home services across North America, Asia, and Africa

Incubators: Business in the Streets (Canada), The Forum (Canada), StartUp HERE (Toronto), DMZ Basecamp (Canada), ACCESS Community Capital Fund (Canada), Goodie Nation (NorthAmerica), Techstars (NorthAmerica), ICUBE UTM (Toronto), YSpace (Canada), QE (Global), mHUB (USA), FastForwardU (John Hopkins, USA), Startup Genome (USA), E4All (USA), Gildre, ACCESS Community Capital Fund

Accelerators: Altitude Accelerator (Canada), Newchip Accelerator (US)

Venture Studios: Cogya (Global), Skilltor (India)

Wunder360, DIVVI, SmartCocoon, WiGL, Boundless Life, KaleMart24, Orangewood Labs, RYSE, Nvidia, AMD, Intel, 3D Systems, Vuzix, Drone Delivery Canada, UiPath, Kraken Robotics, Tesla, Virgin Galactic, Air Canada, Supreme Cannabis, Velodyne Lidar, Twitter, Amazon, Colgate, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Pi, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Tron, Roboy Humanoid Project at University of Zurich, FutureBots ATOM, SRM Team Humanoid (SRMTH) at SRM University Chennai, University of Patras’ Racing Team, The Marine Robotics Team (TMRT) at KJ Somaiya College of Engineering Mumbai, Flea Systems, Elk Distributed IoT, Nerdonic, Elk decentralized IoT, Bionic Bird, Kiri Innovations, OpenCV, Petoi, Anyware, Looking Glass Factory, Tactigon SKIN, Reliance, Burger King, ONGC, Venture for Canada, and others.