Startup World Cup
Nepal Regional 2020

Biggest Startup competition in Nepal

Minister, Ministry of Finance

bishnu-poudel

Minister, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

Lekhraj Bhatta

Secretary (Industry), Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

Secretary (Commerce and Supplies), Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

Vice-Chariman, National Planning Comission

Governor, NRB

CEO, Investment Board Nepal

Sushil Bhatta

CEO, Investment Board Nepal

Sushil Bhatta

Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures.

Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Mentor

Bill Reichert serves as the Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures managing investments in the US. He has helped manage Pegasus investments in AI, robotics, quantum computing, neuromorphics, space, and other sectors. He is also the Chief Evangelist for Startup World Cup, a platform that connects and supports startup ecosystems all over the world. Bill started his investment career as the co-founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, and has served on the boards of many startups. He also has over 20 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and operating executive. Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology companies, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, Bill worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. He has authored and co-authored several articles and speeches on entrepreneurship, venture capital, international trade, and monetary policy. Bill holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He has been on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught Venture Finance. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and is a former Chairman of the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley. He is a Beachheads Advisor for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise and is also an Advisor to the Women’s Startup Lab, Nordic Innovation House, and the Korea Innovation Center.

Retail Industry Leader

Middle East (Gulf & Levant) at IBM

Adnan Siddiqui

Dennis Kibirev

Technology Executive and Founder

Dennis is a technology executive and founder with over 15 years’ global experience gained at startups, scale-ups and multinationals (Unilever, Suntory and Freelancer.com). This includes launching and scaling digital and physical products, as well as services. He was previously an Entrepreneur Residence for the Swiss government’s startup program in Vietnam, and currently acts as an advisor for accelerators and venture funds in North America, Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa & Latin America. This includes being on the global jury panel for Startup World Cup and speaking at international startup-related events.

Rupesh K. Shrestha

Assistant Professor, Kathmandu University

Rupesh has broad experience as an Assistant Professor and visiting faculty of more than nine years of progressive professional experience in design, implementation and supervision of education, training, and research projects in the field of entrepreneurship and marketing at the graduate level. He is the chief architect for the Idea Studio Lab Based Incubation Curriculum. His specific areas of expertise include New Venture Creation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Consumer Behavior, Product and Brand Management, and teach these courses to MBA students at Kathmandu University School of Management. His research interests are in entrepreneurial development models, entrepreneurial ecosystems, consumer behavior, and branding. He is currently involved in entrepreneurship education programmes with Oulu University, Finland; and MIT, USA. He finished his MPhil in Management and eMBA from Kathmandu University School of Management and his BSc from University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is also a founder member of Nepal AgriBusiness Innovation Center and director in different social organizations and startup companies. He also coaches and mentors startup companies on a regular basis. He is also involved with different companies and institutions as investor, advisor, mentor, and a board member.

Joseph Silvanus

Managing Director, Dolma Consulting, Nepal

Joseph heads Dolma Consulting, the advisory arm of Dolma Group, and Dolma Himalayan Energy, the renewables energy platform. He uses his deep insights and experience in Nepal to support the growth of Banking & Financial Institutions, Small and Medium enterprises, and Corporates in their tryst to become efficient and access capital markets. His wide canvas of engagements spans from driving investment into start-ups, creating blended finance structures, PPP opportunities, financing river conservation programs and deepening capital markets. His newly opened NBFC in India will provide a prosperity platform for various credit and payment eco-systems. Joseph is a career banker having worked 27 years with ANZ Grindlays and thereafter with Standard Chartered Bank across various geographies. For the last eight years he was CEO Standard Chartered Bank in Nepal with additional governance responsibility of Afghanistan and Bhutan. He has deep working knowledge of financial markets in emerging markets, driving sovereign engagement around ratings advisory, public policy guidance and development of capital markets. He played a pivotal role working with Multilateral/ Bilateral agencies, Development Finance and socially responsible Investors, for directing specific program based support towards entities in ASEAN and South Asia. Joseph is recognized for his passion in creating funding vehicles for the microfinance sector and raising all-round stakeholder engagement & awareness for BOTP economics. His earlier stint as Country Head for Afghanistan, perhaps best portrays his values and commitment towards supporting development aid & reconstruction efforts. He practices transformational leadership, involving changing of mindset's, amply demonstrated in resurgence of the bank's franchise in Nepal. A TEDx speaker, he regularly shares best practise with regulators & Nepali entrepreneurship on risk management principles and corporate governance techniques. A proponent of free trade & investment as an engine of growth, he propagates best practice in International Trade & Investment flows through policy advocacy.

Shambhu Pokharel

Chairman, World Trade Group Nepal

Shambhu Pokharel is Nepalese media entrepreneur, chairman of world trade group Nepal and founder of Business TV Nepal. He has appeared as speaker in international programs. He has given speech about "Asia as Modern Power Center" in Russia, & about "Future of Shopaholic" in Thailand. He has been awarded "Kalam Ke Sipahi (Soldier of Pen)"by All India Newspaper Association for his contributions to media sector. He has received Most Ambitious CEO Award presented by CEO Club Network at UAE & Global Strategic Leader Award at Malaysia. He is also a renown international motivational speaker and manages several enterprises including the Business Television.

Lokraj Sharma

Chairman. Social Entrepreneurship Councial, NRN(Denmark)

Mr. Lok Raj Sharma is an intelligent, hard-worker and innovative person. He is originally from Jumla, Nepal and working as an entrepreneur in several organizations since few years. He has excellent performance in his educational and social sector. He got the number one excellent student record in International Business Academy from 2008-2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has Masters Degree in International Business Management from University of UK, Diploma in leadership from Denmark and Diploma in Civil Engineering from IOE, Nepal. Currently he is working as a board of director in Reewire International ApS which is a fintech company running in 16 country beside that he is operating the International Trading IVS, Itoffer.dk and Woolliving.com in Denmark. In Nepal he is working as a Managing director of Nepal Payment Solution Pvt. Ltd. Which is in a mission of becoming service and payment hub in Nepal. Board of director in Builder 360 Nepal, a construction and real estate company, board of director in Nepal investment fund Ltd, Founder and board of director of Nrn lagubitta bittiye santha ltd.(D grade Bank). Chairperson in Lower Mid Rawa Khola Hydro Pvt. Ltd. He is leading and representing Nepalese entrepreneur in Scandinavia and Asian region. He is working as a convenor for social entrepreneurship development sub Committee in the global organization NRNA. He is a Founder president of Ropni Youth Club, Nepal.

Karma Bhutia

Startup Ecosystem expert

Karma Bhutia - is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Mentor, StartUp Enthusiast with interest in Data Science, (ML, AI) & Robotics. He is Mentor at Sikkim Manipal University Technology Business Incubator and Faster Capital a venture capital fund based in Dubai. Karma is also a Founder of iShippo, Demi, NiKo.ai and co-founder of Gotem.io a crypto assetstartup based in Taiwan. He co-founded SourceN – a successful software consulting firm; which was acquired by HolidayIQ & Qwikcilver. Karma has patents to his name & was featured by Forbes in 2016. He is a recipient of “NICT” award for innovation & outstanding contribution in Information Technology. He is an eNorthEast awardee for eGovernance & citizen service delivery, mBillionth-2015 awardee for Mobile Governance and Manthan-2015 awardee.

Vikram Gupta

Founder & Managing Partner, IvyCap Ventures

Mr.Vikram Gupta is the Founder & Managing Partner at IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited. He has about 20 years of experience in Venture Capital, Business Consulting, M and A, Strategy and Operations in Healthcare and Life Sciences, Education, Consumer Goods and other industries. He has also held leadership positions across various well-known companies in India and Abroad.

Dr. Sunil Singh Sijapati

Startup Ecosystem expert

Doctor in Business Administration from USA, worked as an insurance professional in Nepal before going overseas for MBA. Worked as financial advisor business advisor and management consultant in USA and Canada. He is very enthusiastic for financial technology and e-commerce integration. Ten year of experience in management consulting and corporate advising.
Doctor of Business Administration- California, USA (E-commerce)
Master of Economic - Florida, USA- (General)
Master of Business Administration- Florida, USA- (Consumer Behaviour and E-commerce)
Managing Partner- Revive Management Nepal
Co-Founder- Sajilo Meds
Co-Founder- Sajilo Meals
Experience
Management consulting- focused on retail reengineering and e-commerce integration
Experienced in business research & strategic adaptation and digital transformation