Nanjunda Pratap Palekanda, is an entrepreneur, a Distributed economy evangeliser and a Startup ecosystem influencer. He is an alumnus of Bangalore University and IIM, Bangalore.

He has been an Entrepreneur across the Internet (Media)/ E-Com, Retail tech, Analytics, HR and HealthTech. He has had an early success of Positive Exits and a few BIG falls. He has a decent experience in raising funding for ventures where he has collaborated and has been instrumental in getting funding for Ventures have collaborated with. Currently, he has invested in Media and Entertainment StartUp, BlockChain Technologies venture, F&B in social impact, Vernacular Media and a Fashion Venture with Social impact. He continues to engage with Entrepreneurs across various Products and Services space in multiple capacities, as Mentor, Collaborator, Coach, Advisor and Consultant.

He has been very actively involved in Organising Hackathons (with IISC) to develop new Technology Solutions in the Medical device space, which are further lead towards becoming sustainable Ventures.