Ash Shah
Ash Shah is a Houston based investor and entrepreneur with business interests in Chemical, Healthcare, Packaging Distribution, Real Estate and Energy products. He brings his business acumen for M&A advisory, strategic growth planning and building international markets.
Ash holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Economics is from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Master’s degree in Global Business from the prestigious Thunderbird Business School of International Management.He received the prestigious “International Entrepreneur of the Year” award from Indo- American Chamber of Commerce in Houston in 2013 for his business successes.
Ash first began his entrepreneurial pursuit in the field of Plastic and Packaging products over 20 years ago with his company “Impex Global, LLC”. Ash led the company to success all over North America with operations in several international markets. Ash’s leadership navigated the company through challenging times and in the process enabled him to make relationships with several industry leaders in Houston and nationwide. He sold his company to a leading private equity firm in late 2012.
Ash stays actively involved in philanthropy. He is the President of “Pratham” – an internationally reputed charity supporting literacy to millions of children in India. He is involved with a number of social and professional organizations like TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur), The Interfaith Ministries, Habitat for Humanity, Daya, Akshaya Patra, Indo American Political Action Committee, Club 24 and various other charities.
Ash holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Economics is from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Master’s degree in Global Business from the prestigious Thunderbird Business School of International Management.He received the prestigious “International Entrepreneur of the Year” award from Indo- American Chamber of Commerce in Houston in 2013 for his business successes.
Ash first began his entrepreneurial pursuit in the field of Plastic and Packaging products over 20 years ago with his company “Impex Global, LLC”. Ash led the company to success all over North America with operations in several international markets. Ash’s leadership navigated the company through challenging times and in the process enabled him to make relationships with several industry leaders in Houston and nationwide. He sold his company to a leading private equity firm in late 2012.
Ash stays actively involved in philanthropy. He is the President of “Pratham” – an internationally reputed charity supporting literacy to millions of children in India. He is involved with a number of social and professional organizations like TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur), The Interfaith Ministries, Habitat for Humanity, Daya, Akshaya Patra, Indo American Political Action Committee, Club 24 and various other charities.
Shail Sinhasane
Shail Sinhasane is a founder, CEO of Houston headquartered Mobisoft Infotech (www.mobisoftinfotech.com), a global digital product development company. He has grown the company to the 200 member team and its footprint across global partners like United Healthcare, Samsung, Tata, Deloitte, and world renowned Wimbledon & US Open championships.
With his leadership, Mobisoft Infotech has achieved several awards including being #8 ranked in FAST 100 awards by Houston Business Journal for fastest growing companies, 1st Prize winner of the best app - 'People Power' at the Consumer Electronic Show in 2012, 1st prize by NASA Health Space Challenge in 2013 and Johnson & Johnson GenH challenge winner ‘KhushiBaby’ in 2017. He has advised UNICEF supported non-profit ‘KhushiBaby' to build scalable product as integrated mobile and wearable NFC technology. It helped in bridging world’s maternal and child health gap and positively impacting millions of residents in developing parts of the world.
Shail has been investing and growing startups focused on cloud solutions, mobile, AI and Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare, transportation, and fin-tech space. His strength in identifying technologically scalable investment opportunities with financially strong due diligence and business acumen brings the unique ‘growth mindset’. He has co-founded Gurukul Venture Partners (www.gurukul.vc) to bring unique investments in startups, real-estate and pre-IPO segments to their investors network. He continues to bring expertise and technology innovations to help the invested companies prepare for their scalable growth.
Being a business owner and University of Houston - computer science alumni, Shail has been named Cougar 100 Honoree for 7 years in a row. He has continued to pursue executive management with Harvard Business School.
Twitter - @sunshail
Linkedin - https://linkedin.com/in/sunshail
Angel Investment Profile - https://angel.co/sunshail
With his leadership, Mobisoft Infotech has achieved several awards including being #8 ranked in FAST 100 awards by Houston Business Journal for fastest growing companies, 1st Prize winner of the best app - 'People Power' at the Consumer Electronic Show in 2012, 1st prize by NASA Health Space Challenge in 2013 and Johnson & Johnson GenH challenge winner ‘KhushiBaby’ in 2017. He has advised UNICEF supported non-profit ‘KhushiBaby' to build scalable product as integrated mobile and wearable NFC technology. It helped in bridging world’s maternal and child health gap and positively impacting millions of residents in developing parts of the world.
Shail has been investing and growing startups focused on cloud solutions, mobile, AI and Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare, transportation, and fin-tech space. His strength in identifying technologically scalable investment opportunities with financially strong due diligence and business acumen brings the unique ‘growth mindset’. He has co-founded Gurukul Venture Partners (www.gurukul.vc) to bring unique investments in startups, real-estate and pre-IPO segments to their investors network. He continues to bring expertise and technology innovations to help the invested companies prepare for their scalable growth.
Being a business owner and University of Houston - computer science alumni, Shail has been named Cougar 100 Honoree for 7 years in a row. He has continued to pursue executive management with Harvard Business School.
Twitter - @sunshail
Linkedin - https://linkedin.com/in/sunshail
Angel Investment Profile - https://angel.co/sunshail
