Prashant Sachan
internet entrepreneur in Bengaluru, India
I am an internet entrepreneur based out of Bangalore in India, and I have the ambition to impact 100s of millions of lives every day through the technology we create.
I am building AppsForBharat🇮🇳 alongside an A+ team that is on a mission to assist a billion Indians in their spiritual and devotional journeys and guide them toward feeling happy, peaceful, and content.
We went live in November 2020. In April 2021, we raised our 4M USD Seed Round from Sequoia India and Beenext. And in August 2021, we raised our 10M USD Series A round, led by Elevation Capital, with participation from Matrix Partners India and existing investors Sequoia India and Beenext.
Previously:
- I co-founded 'Trell' along with a couple of alumni from IIT Bombay in 2016, it is a lifestyle content, community, and commerce platform. I exited Trell in the mid of 2020.
- Before co-founding Trell, I worked on Cortana at Microsoft R&D. Before that, I had worked on ChatOn Messenger and TizenOS at Samsung R&D.
- I have a Masters in Design from IIT Bombay (Mumbai, India) and a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University.