Apoorv Mangalam — Founder

Founder-CEO of GODS, a disruptive Global D2C outdoor gear brand. GODS ("Gear Of Daring Spirit") is an outdoor, travel and motorcycle gear brand known for its disruptive, innovative products. Brand holds 23+ Patents for our product innovations across India, Europe and the US. 4.6+ Avg. ratings across 30k+ reviews across channels, Won multiple coveted awards for its outstanding portfolio of products. Grateful to our users who have showered their love for the brand! A staunch believer in carving the "Soul" of the brand rather than just "business model", "features", "positioning" etc. A "Soul" that invokes emotional connect, generating an inbound pull in the brand through organic attention, word of mouth, unique positioning, and product innovations. Basically, as I call it - building the "Emotional model" of the brand. Developed the first innovative product of the brand that was acquired by the globally renowned and iconic motorcycle brand - "Royal Enfield". Went on to develop a consistent line-up of multiple innovative and award-winning products in the brand’s portfolio. Lead the product innovations of GODS by devising a unique "User-Centric" philosophy over the standard "Usage-centric" one. A "User-Centric" methodology lays out protocols to consistently produce innovations in the brand’s product design and business strategies. In terms of implementation, there is a world of difference between the two, than a mere jugglery of buzzwords :) Raised 3 rounds of venture capital from the top VC funds in India including raising from 23 most renowned angel investors. 16+ years of comprehensive expertise, including 9 in engineering and 7 in pioneering entrepreneurship, spearheading the brand - GODS to prominence in innovative outdoor gear products. Also a member of CII National IP committee for IPR recommendations to Govt. of India. Prior to the entrepreneur journey, worked with Adobe Systems as Lead Engineer for top features of Adobe Acrobat - PDF Editing, PDF Scan, PDF Export, PDF OCR. Held 2 granted patents for Technology innovations during the tenure. Worked in the UK prior to Adobe on Technology Teams of DSG Retail UK and Vertex Financial Services Group UK.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C product innovator with strong engineering and entrepreneurial skills in consumer goods.

Location: Greater Delhi, Delhi, India

Experience: 15 yrs 6 mos