Team
Our team has several decades of experience in starting, building, and running tech-based businesses across sectors and borders.
Our Team
Our team comprises successful industry veterans, ex-corporate honchos, venture fund specialists, and tech wizards. We are futuristic and like to democratize the venture fund space with our core value of creating a vibrant community of network of networks advisors, mentors, SME experts, investors, accelerators, colleges, and investors so that they together can create a thriving positive building block and synergy, benefiting tremendously each other.
Ron Ranawat
Managing Director & Partner
Ron is the visionary who founded Datafortune in 2012. Since his early days, he has had an entrepreneurial spirit, which has rubbed off on all the roles he has taken up. His deep commitment to his field and undying passion for making ideas shape into reality have brought him where he is now.
Ron is a data whiz and specialises in data warehousing, BI strategy, and business process design. He has been a business leader in many top corporations, namely, GPC, AT&T, and Amdocs, where he has designed and implemented systems, processes and models for project management, BI strategy and delivery. His keen eye for quality, timeliness and customer centricity have become the norm in places he has worked. Techfortune VC is his brainchild: the venture aimed at bridging the gap between ideas and reality. He strives to provide the right support to budding entrepreneurs and aid them in growing their start-ups from 0-100 million in the shortest possible time.
He loves spreading positivity, he inspires hope in everyone he meets, and is focused on creating a mind-blowing experience for all his clients.
Rashmi Khurana
CEO & Partner
Rashmi is a pioneer in the start-up arena, who specializes in setting an impeccable foundation for startups to succeed. She is a seasoned business leader who has a deep understanding of the nuances of business and has numerous created success stories for emerging businesses.
Her expertise lies in acing through uncertainty with well thought out strategy followed by seamless execution. With an experience of over 25 years in IT organisations like Microland, Advantec Networks, Capntel Executive Search, Verve Global services, Clarion Venture Partners (A fund by Clarion Technologies) and Wadhwani Foundation where she has helped hundreds of businesses scale and create social impact.
She has coached numerous first time entrepreneurs and budding startups, helping them design scalable sales and business models and build high performing teams for them to grow from zero to 1 million at the shortest possible time. She has cross functional experience working with SMEs, mid sized companies and large corporations and she has boosted their revenue growth by 2x to 5x, with her futuristic thinking and vast network.
Rashmi aims for perfection in everything she does. With the skills acquired over a long and successful career, she mentors first-time entrepreneurs in creating future-ready organisations.
As a person, Rashmi is cheerful, optimistic and full of life. She loves spending quality time outdoors, and connecting with nature.
Zafar Modak
Creative Crusader
Zafar Modak is a dynamic professional known for his relentless pursuit of creativity and innovation. He has consistently demonstrated his ability to think outside the box and drive transformative ideas. His journey through various roles at companies like Jombay, Datazen, and Da Vinci Design showcases his commitment to fostering a culture of creativity and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
In every project he undertakes, Zafar emphasizes the importance of creative thinking and encourages his teams to explore unconventional solutions. His leadership style is characterized by a deep belief in the power of collaboration and the potential of every individual to contribute to groundbreaking ideas.
Zafar Modak truly embodies the spirit of a Creative Crusader, championing creativity and innovation within startups and inspiring others to do the same.