our Host

our Host (Rohit Chandra)

  • Serial entrepreneur himself. Has started several companies in Silicon Valley. Personally raised Millions of Dollars in equity financings. Been an Angel investor. Has invested in a Venture Capital Fund. Charter Member of TiE. Board Member. Advisor.
  • Prolific inventor with hundreds of millions of users using his invention.
  • has been a celebrity guest telecast live to over a 100 countries with audiences in the hundreds of millions of viewers on CNBC, Z-TV, NDTV, Star, etc.
  • has been a prime-time co-panelist with living-legends like Narayan Murthy (Infosys), and Sunil Mittal (Airtel).
  • Been featured in or the subject of over 300 News articles in BusinessWeek, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Times Of India, Economic Times etc. etc.

http://RohitChandra.com

Professionally:

  1. been on both sides of the investor table: besides having raised millions of dollars in equity financing from angels and Venture Capitalists, he has also been an angel investor himself, and has invested money in a VC fund: always looking for good people and good ideas.
  2. Prosecuted close to a dozen patents – individually. His personalized URL patent is today in use by hundreds of millions of users.
  3. He has started 3 companies in Silicon Valley.
  4. A Visionary: He created the earliest Social Networking website ever called eCode.com
  5. always looking for good people and good ideas: if you have a good idea that you are committed to, please do get in touch with him

Fun Facts:

  1. Took 5 years off in his life to travel: travelled to about 50 countries for FUN!
  2. Dabbled with Stand Up Comedy
  3. Is an active REO (bank foreclosure) investor. See a good real-estate deal? Bring it to his attention.
  4. Himself has been written up in over 300 top international publications such as: BusinessWeek, NewYork Times, and Wall Street Journal to name a few.
  5. Is a keen photographer