Om Shah

Co-Founder

Pune, Maharashtra, India5 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Co-founded multiple startups in the rental space.
Participated in Jagriti Yatra 2023, winning a key event.
Led innovative marketing initiatives at COEP Impressions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a startup founder with a focus on rental services and entrepreneurship.

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Business DevelopmentEnglishHindiLeadershipMarathiProblem SolvingSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)

About

I am that guy who didn't apply for college placements and decided to continue with my startup. Currently I'm building Verispace to make rental transactions safer in India. I started a peer-to-peer rental platform at my college where students used to rent Books, Engineering Drawing Kits, Scientific Calculators and more. It was going really well until the 2nd wave of Covid hit and colleges shut down. I explored deeply the other aspects and categories of short term product rentals. It was all part time with my college. I was selected for Jagriti Yatra 2023 and it was one of the greatest experiences I ever had. I'd like to work on projects focused on Access, Security, Experience and Efficiency and that's what I plan to do with my project in the rental space.

Experience

Verispace

Co-Founder

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Rento

Co-Founder

Jun 2024 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

Jagriti yatra

Yatri

Nov 2023 – Nov 2023 · 0 mo

I was a part of the special G20 Startup20 edition of this World's Largest Entrepreneurship Train Journey.
14 Days, 8000 km, 10 Cities, 5 mega events and 500+ changemakers from 20 different countries.
We won the Biz Gyan Tree event in the Manufacturing Sector. I also volunteered for Branding Team of this Yatra.

Rentacross

Co-Founder and CEO

May 2023 – Jan 2024 · 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Bhau's entrepreneurship cell, coep

2 roles

Overall Head and IIC Coordinator

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Sep 2022 · 1 mo

Started a series called "Making of an Entrepreneur", had Udit Goenka for it's first session.

Member

Feb 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Participated in Idea and Business Plan Competitions. Was runner-up at the Idea Competition.

Pune startup fest

2 roles

Overall Head

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Sep 2022 · 1 mo

Events and Networking Coordinator

Dec 2021 – Aug 2022 · 8 mos

Was the winner of Student Startups Zone.

Coep impressions

2 roles

Marketing Head

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Jun 2023 · 11 mos

Headed the Marketing Portfolio of COEP Impressions. This was a new portfolio formed and I was one of the first heads of the same.
With the amazing team of 27 people, we did a lot of new things that were never done before.
1. Impressions TV - We started a new series on the YouTube Channel of COEP Impressions. The series featured 3 videos for this season and it was quite a success gaining 20k+ views.
2. Impressions went out of college - For the first time ever, we hosted an event at the very famous Kalakar Katta of FC road Pune and it was a huge success. Also, we partnered with Being Puneri Flea and had a flashmob performed there.
These were a few of the many things we did.

Corporate Outreach Coordinator

Aug 2021 – Jul 2022 · 11 mos

As a COG Coordinator, my role was to connect with the Alumni of COEP Tech University and associate with them for financial as well as other kinds of support.

Coep antarang

Events Coordinator

Mar 2022 – Sep 2022 · 6 mos

Was the Event Head of the Event "Awaj Kunacha". Designed the event from scratch and successfully conducted the event.

Coep cultural

Vocalist

Dec 2021 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Rentux coep

Founder

Nov 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Rentux was a peer-to-peer rental platform for COEP Students. We used to rent Books, Calculators, Drafters and other products required by students on short term basis. Had convinced stores at ABC in Pune to Rent their books through our platform. Was also planning to launch bicycle rentals at COEP. However, 2nd wave of COVID-19 led to shutting down of colleges and as a result we halted. We explored a few other categories of product rentals.
For 6 months, in the third year of my college, we went into Agricultural Equipment Rental. Went to farms, spoke to farmers. We onboarded Garuda Aerospace as our partner for Agricultural Drone Rental Service. We also onboarded the ex-COO of the biggest company in Agricultural Rentals in India, EM3 Agri Services, as our mentor. Unfortunately, higher capex and heavy operations led us put it on standby.
Received an offer to rent camera and audio equipment and we tested that, made good connections with Camera Rental Platforms and Business Owners in Pune. Received an offer to join KirayePe and RentAcross as a co-founder, decided to go ahead with RentAcross's offer.