Ajay Ramasubramaniam

Ajay Ramasubramaniam is a seasoned executive with 16 years of experience in setting up, operating, and growing businesses, across diverse geographies such as East Africa, Canada, India and Vietnam. Currently, Co-Founder & CEO of Startup Réseau, Ajay has been active in the Indian startup ecosystem for the past 8 years and has built India’s top meta startup accelerator – through which he has set up corporate accelerator and innovation programs for the likes of Barclays, Axis Bank, Lodha Group, DP World, Shell Foundation, HDFC Bank, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Abbott, Synchrony, Citi, BNP Paribas, TVS Credit, Sodexo, Ambuja Neotia Group, Thomson Reuters, Viacom18, EY and Visa to name a few. Within the startup ecosystem, Ajay has also built unique properties such as Fintegrate Zone (India’s top Fin+Tech conclave over the past 3 years) – for which he has been recognized as a Top-30 FinTech Influencer in India by The Digital Fifth; as well as, The Mumbai AI Summit and initiatives such as PitchRight (a web series on elevator pitches), empoWer (India’s 1st women-in-tech accelerator) and international market access programs. In the past, Ajay has led the India business for a Canadian ed-tech startup, as well as represented Canadian Government in India for 5 years. He started his career in Tanzania, working on AfDB and World Bank projects; including a stint as an intrapreneur, building an agri-tech business. He believes that having a strong rolodex helps take your business a long way. Ajay is an MBA in Marketing & Finance. He is passionate about cricket, and is a certified ICC Level-1 cricket coach.