Vinod Shankar

Vinod comes with rich and diverse experience as a serial entrepreneur of 3 startups and angel investor, with a strong understanding of marketing, business development, and technology. He is also a consultant & an advisor for startups on growth and strategy. Prior to this, he founded Simplycook.in, a meal-kit platform to provide traditional recipes with authentic ingredients to cook in 30min. He worked with JustBooks as Head of marketing & web channel operations. During his stint at JustBooks, the company grew 12x in 5 years. Before JustBooks, he worked at Emuzed (acquired by KKR,Sequoia now called Aricent) for 4 years in the mobile video/image codecs space. He is passionate about startups who use technology to solve problems at scale, and has made early-stage investments in startups. He is passionate about working at the crossroads of technology and startups. He is an ardent admirer of Sam Altman, YCombinator, and his ideas on startups.