Aayush Karia

Experience

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  Galaxy Bazaar

  Jun 2015 - Apr 2017

  Second Line of Leadership

  Galaxy bazaar is a social entrepreneurship programme by the students of Tges for the education of the underprivileged. Something that has started with a simple classroom project in the year 2005, project galaxy bazaar has come a long way. During galaxy bazaar we convert the school into a bazaar and sell festival related goods. It is an opportunity for the students to learn Entrepreneurship skills. The profit that is earned is used to support the education of the students who otherwise cannot afford education. In this three day event, we have visitors all across Rajkot which sums up to be more than 10000 visitors and in all more than 600 sponsors who support us throughout the event. We aim to sell innovative products in canopies, tasty and healthy food in the food court and to add many more attractions like spooky Scary House, gangbuster Gamezone, creative competitions, and exciting events. Galaxy bazaar is indeed a hub of enjoyment. Show less

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  Techstars Startup Weekend

  Jun 2017 - Jun 2020

  Community Leader

  Techstars Startup Weekend community is a local community of volunteers, where our motive is to foster entrepreneurship among the people by conducting 54 hours long event, where an individual would learn to start their own startup and how to develop your idea to a minimum viable product. My role as a community leader was to:--Lead community of Banglore-Overall execution of Startup Weekend-On boarding more volunteers-Regularity of events-Delivering quality in events

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  Smart Scoot Lock

  Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

  Co-founder, CTO

  An IoT driven product, which creates transparency among government, a vehicle user, vehicle owner and insurance company. With the help of this, we can implement government rules and regulation in an effective manner. The basic idea behind this project was to solve underage driving and unauthorized driving. According to the transport authority of India, 60% of vehicle users don’t have Driving License. Incubated at Innovation and Incubation Centre, PDPU, Gandhinagar in February 2018 and seed funded by Govt. of Gujarat, India. Show less

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  EChai Ventures

  Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  Community Leader

  eChai is an online as well as offline community for founders, investors and wanapreneurs, present in more than 17 cities across India and growing in other countries like Singapore, Australia, United States and Canada. My role as a community leader is community growth and organize and host events in Bangalore. After I joined this community I had seen to it that I am bringing regularity of events in Banglore and had increased the size of the event.

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  Draper Startup House

  Feb 2020 - Jun 2020

  Ventures and Partnerships Associate

  Draper Startup House is a co-living space for travelling entrepreneurs and digital nomad. DSH is local support for travelling entrepreneurs. My role mainly involved Investors relations for the DSH Ventures and make partnership with other stake holders of community.

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  Crunchy Bakers

  Jul 2020 - Jul 2022

  Partner

  Crunchy Bakers is a family owned brand since 1998, Prior to pandemic we were operating in Restaurant supply, and the market had totally slashed in pandemic. We saw a opportunity in retail supply where the demand was not being fulfilled. Seeing the opportunity, we relaunched our brand in retail market and took advantage of our good will, and within a small span we acquired considerable market. My role majorly include Business Development, Market Research and managing supply chain. I developed the market from scratch and reached the daily turnover of 50k within 5 months of our relaunch in the retail sector. Show less

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  Nilah Advisors

  Aug 2022 - now

  Project Head & Client Relationship Management

  -Sourcing and evaluating startups for fundraising support -Participate in the conceptualisation of large-scale proprietary events of the Company and manage end-to-end execution of events. -Responsible for Market research and reports to attract FDI into the Indian market.-Relationship Management of Clients, Vendors and Partners. -New Business Development: Identify opportunities for new businesses and potential ecosystem partners.Additional Responsibilities:-Overseeing Accounts and Finances for the Company -Represent the Company at ecosystem events and identify opportunities for collaboration Show less