KFC VENTURES - Key Persons
Deep works closely with Naveen at KFC Ventures to advise and nurture early and growth-stage startups in Asia. Before this, he extensively worked in the ICT industry and spent 18 years in TCS. He has then spent time with Nucleus heading APAC and then NTT group company as Global Strategy Head. Deep has experience of 25 years+ in the Software Services and Product industry covering all sectors and technologies. Deep has worked in Europe, East Europe, Middles East, and Australasia as an MIT alumnus. A proud Singaporean, Deep is a recipient of the "Strategy Leader of the year" award; he was also recognized in the "Honorary 300 of the National Infocomm Registry for ICT Professionals 2011-13" in Singapore.
Mark has formal qualifications in Accounting and Computing and has led Management Consulting, Extensive Systems Integration, Outsourcing, and Offshore IT/Technology practices across the Asia Pacific and Australia across numerous industries over a professional journey of 30+ years. He was a Technology Consulting Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for ten years and has been continuously involved in many successful M&A activities in the Technology Sector, Sales and Acquisitions, Mergers, and Joint Ventures involving small/medium and large organizations. He has led the Asia Pacific transformation of a previously leading private global onshore/offshore IT services company with approximately 2,000 people in the Asia Pacific and 400 people in ASEAN, culminating in a successful listing on the NASDAQ.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the LEADERSHIP Team
Naveen started KFC Ventures as a medium to invest globally in early and growth-stage startups. He founded the Nityo Group of industries and has over two decades of experience in leading technology. His dynamic leadership style has made Nityo one of the fastest-growing Management Consulting and Technology Services companies globally. Before founding Nityo, Naveen held VP positions in Ness Technologies and Apar Infotech, gaining vital experience leading large businesses. He has an acute sense of identifying opportunities and an ability to nurture them into successful client-centric businesses. Naveen lives in Singapore and has a degree in Computer Science.
Job Titles:
- CMO
- Technology Industry Marketing Expert With Extensive B2B / SaaS
Prashanth is a technology industry marketing expert with extensive B2B / SaaS enterprise experience building brands and businesses across South-East Asia. He brings breadth of functional experience to his role as a CMO and effortlessly bridges the gap between sales, products, finance and customers' success. His expertise in setting and scaling up business operations, leading and mentoring high-performing teams, and improving business processes. Prashanth, a tech-enthusiast, has a keen eye for finding opportunities and drives ultimate growth for the businesses with tailor-made marketing solutions for several markets. He operates as the corporates voice for brand, drives the marketing roadmap, collaborates with the global team based in over 40 countries and implements marketing and communication initiatives by the company.
Zubin brings a rich experience in identifying talent and building great teams globally. As a Venture Partner, Zubin taps into the ecosystem he has made over the years while successfully running his executive search business. Zubin has worked with many bigshots in Tech. In a recruiting career of over two decades, he has led/partnered in over 800 searches and has conducted over 8000 interviews. Zubin has led talent acquisition in JAPAC for Technology giants such as Amazon Web Services, Citrix Systems, and EMC (now DellEMC). Zubin is a Singaporean and has been in Singapore since 1992. He brings over 30 years of experience in the tech industries, focusing primarily on talent acquisition and leadership hiring across Asia and Japan.