Vijetha Shastry — Co-Founder
Possessing 32 years of handling challenging assignments in the service industry- Hospitality, retail, travel, co-working, Banking .Recently completed my stint with Standard Chartered Bank in October 2024. Am very active in the Innovation and startup community and represent some truly innovative companies.Startup Evangelist at BHIVE Workspace.Brand Ambassador at Recur ClubConsultant with Bangalore BioInnovation Center. Active Volunteer with Headstart Network Foundation .Ecosytem and Partnerships at Zamstars.Charter Member at TiE Bangalore.AVP Innovation@Brisa TechnologiesPreviously ,Associate Director at Dexter Capital. Dexter Capital Advisors is a boutique Investment Bank providing best in class services to our clients. We focus on growth stage companies as well as new age entrepreneurs in their funding process and also on the late stage M&A targets.Concluded an enriching role with TiE Bangalore as Executive Director from August 2019 to March 2022.A recent assignment was with Nasscom CoE- IoT as Lead- Open innovation. Available on vijetha.shastry@gmail.com From June 2016 till November 2017 involved with Bhive Workspace in the areas of Customer Experience, Community events, partnerships and actively working with the core teams on community engagement, events, outreach, and building a stronger and supportive startup ecosystem.- Volunteer with Headstart Network Foundation : Supporting events, outreach, mentoring startup.Focusing on adding value to founders, entrepreneurs, investors. - Certified mentor from NEN -Mentor at KSUM- Mentor at T-HUB -SAARC chambers Mentor and Speaker-Organizer at Techstars Startup Weekend- Volunteered as a Chapter Lead for Techinasia, Bangalore. The core activity was to give insights around the Global Startup Ecosystem.-Working closely with founders, CXO teams on expansion, outreach, and sales- Investor connects for startups/ founders/ SMB's.Specialties: Open Innovation, Marketing, and implementing tie-ups. Building new businesses; Expanding networks and enabling teams to perform at the highest levels. Mentoring and advising Startups, CXO's, Business owners.A keen observer and executioner of strategic plans in Travel, social media, Retail, Realty, Co-working spaces, Industry associations. Well connected to VCs, Banks,Incubators and Accelerators.https://www.facebook.com/vijetha.shastryhttps://twitter.com/vijethashastryhttps://in.linkedin.com/in/vijethashastryhttps://www.instagram.com/vijethashastry/
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in the startup ecosystem with expertise in partnerships and innovation.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 29 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Sales
- Partnerships
Career Highlights
- 32 years of experience in diverse industries.
- Active in innovation and startup communities.
- Strong network with VCs, banks, and incubators.
Work Experience
Recur Club
Brand Ambassador (8 mos)
Zamstars
President - Partnerships and Ecosystem / Wide Receiver (1 yr 1 mo)
BHIVE Workspace
Startup Evangelist (1 yr 3 mos)
Brisa Technologies Private Limited
AVP Innovation @Brisa Technologies (1 yr 4 mos)
Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre
Business Advisor (1 yr 5 mos)
Standard Chartered Bank
Associate Director (1 yr)
Dexter Capital Advisors
Associate Director - Outreach, Partnerships, Alliances, Events (1 yr 6 mos)
TiE Bangalore
Executive Director (2 yrs 7 mos)
NASSCOM Center of Excellence - IoT
Lead - Open Innovation (1 yr 8 mos)
BHIVE Workspace
Consultant - Partnerships | Community Engagement | Outreach | Events (1 yr 5 mos)
Bitla Software
Business Head-HotelSimply (9 mos)
Gemstoneuniverse
Head-Marketing and alliances (1 yr 2 mos)
Zing Club
Associate Vice president-Relationships (2 mos)
OLIVEA
Senior General Manager-Sales and marketing (2 yrs)
arvind brands
Head-Retail. Brand-Arrow (1 yr 3 mos)
Indiabulls Retail
General Manager-New store openings.Operations (10 mos)
Reliance Retail Ltd
AGM-New store opening.Operations (1 yr)
Reliance petroleum ltd
Territory manager (1 yr 6 mos)
Metro Cash & Carry India
Floor manager,operations (3 yrs 2 mos)
Baskin robbins
Zonal Manager-South (1 yr)
barista coffee company ltd
Co-ordination manager-Bangalore (11 mos)
Taj group of Hotels,India
Asst.Restaurant manager (7 yrs 4 mos)
taj group of hotels
arm (7 yrs)
Education
MBA at sikkim manipal university
diploma at Institute of hotel management,Goa
hssc at dhempe college of arts and science,goa
icse at sharada mandir
