Ajay Ramasubramaniam: Enabling startups and Innovation growth across emerging markets.

Ajay Ramasubramaniam is a seasoned executive with 17 years of experience in setting up, operating, and growing businesses, across diverse geographies such as Africa, Canada, India and Vietnam. 

Currently, he is the Founder & CEO of Startup Réseau, a global startup accelerator and corporate innovation programs operator + Co-Founder & CEO, Hindsight Ventures, an Africa focussed startup accelerator. 

Ajay has been active in the startup ecosystem for the past 9 years and has built India’s top meta startup accelerator - through which he has set up over 35 corporate accelerator and innovation programs.  

Ajay has also built unique properties such as Fintegrate (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. In the past, Ajay has led the India business for a Canadian ed-tech startup, as well as represented the 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. Ajay is an MBA in Marketing & Finance. He is passionate about cricket and is a certified ICC Level-1 cricket coach.

 In Today's episode with Ajay We discussed: 

 -Ajay's career path and how that evolved into building Startup Réseau in India and Hindsight Ventures in emerging markets across Africa and South East Asia.

 -Some of the most impactful programs he has organised

 -What Nigeria's startup ecosystem can learn from Indians with about 100 Unicorns 

 -Thoughts on the similarities between Africa and South East Asia tech ecosystem. The funding trajectory in the ecosystems, and program plan across the Continent.

 -Building sustainable innovation programs.

 -Y Combinator Memo & more