This edition of TiE Ask me Anything is exclusive for members where we will be touching base with Vaitheeswaran K, Co-founder at Again Drinks, father of Indian e-Commerce and TiE Bangalore Charter Member on starting up during COVID-19, investment opportunities during a crisis, frugal ways of running an organization, the end of a pandemic, pivoting industries, etc.

Mentor Profile:

K Vaitheeswaran (Vaithee as he is popularly known in the industry) is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of the exciting range of beverages AGAIN Drinks. Vaitheeswaran is also the author of the bestselling book “Failing to Succeed - the story of India’s first e-commerce company” and is widely hailed as the “father of e-commerce in India” 

He is an internet industry veteran who pioneered the e-commerce industry in India when he co-founded India’s first pure-play online retail company Fabmart.com (later rebranded Indiaplaza.com) in 1999. He evangelized Indian eCommerce, scaled the operations, built a strong team, raised funding from leading venture capital firms, created a strong digital brand in India from scratch and ran the operations as the CEO of Indiaplaza till 2013. K Vaitheeswaran has advised global brands like Deloitte, Diageo, and the Tata group in their digital initiatives. He is also a member of the review committee for the Government of India’s prestigious project GeM (Government eMarketplace).

NOTE: The session will be held on Zoom, we will share the link an hour before the session is scheduled to begin.