Ankur D.

About Ankur D.

Founder at Rozana.in,a rural commerce platform, bringing E-Commerce to almost a billion people living in Rural India. We have raised Pre-A series led by 3one4 Capital, IEG and prominent angels like Vivek Gupta (Licious), Manisha Girotra (Moelis) and SK Jain (Sequoia and Westbridge Capital). My personal story is close to that of Dangal, I started my professional career at the age of 4. It all started in early 90\'s in a forgotten part of the world (back then), i.e. Rural Haryana. I started training for Taekwondo- With an early head-start, I was already a Pro in Taekwondo by the age of 12. By the time I was in my early teens, I was representing India in International Tournaments- Later, started my first company at the age of 22 years. It was a cloud based ERP solution to several schools in North India, later acquired by a company- After the company was acquired I pursued my PhD in Data Science at IIM-L- I Co-founded Cognito Edge was founded and led to work with several state governments in strategy and mobilization. Worked in over 5 states including states like Odisha, UP, Meghalaya, Delhi, Haryana and others- Founded, Scaled and Sold majority stake in AI based B2B Logistics Platform. Worked with over 150 corporate customers and made an early exit with selling the company to a US based NASDAQ listed conglomerate- Worked on several leadership roles in the corporate space and community building. Sustainable start-ups and leveraging tech for scaling an organization is key for success of any 1st generation entrepreneur.

Experience

1. Founder

   Rozana

   Apr 2021 — Present · Delhi, IN

   Rozana.in is one of India\'s fastest growing Rural Commerce platform that leverages Tech and Data Science to cater to unique local demands of 1 billion Indians outside the scope of online commerce. This silent tech revolution is not only empowering the end consumer but also working towards incubating over 10 million tech micro-entrepreneurs all over the country. We enable micro-entrepreneurs to give wider, innovative and competitive offerings to end users. Our entrepreneurs use the platform to onboard customers, share latest deals and help them place online orders, making last mile delivery efficient.Aspirations in rural India are on the rise and we are racing against time to ensure the effective delivery of essential services to these areas. Rozana.in aims to empower rural communities of the country and connect them to online commerce through a network of micro-entrepreneurs, and envisions to become the leading P2P rural commerce platform in India.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  FPM (Doctoral Scholar), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Kurukshetra University

  Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science