Kishore Ganji

The journey

1. Early

   Corporate Foundation

   BI Practice leadership at HP, Liz Claiborne, Pfizer, IBM Business Consulting

2. 2005

   ASTIR IT Solutions

   Founded and scaled successful IT services company as CEO

3. 2010

   Astir Ventures

   Founded angel investing firm - 500+ investments across 10+ sectors

4. 2015

   zip.in

   Founded consumer tech logistics platform, served as CEO

5. 2018

   AIRIS PHARMA

   Founded pharmaceutical company

6. Present

   Portfolio Leadership

   Board Member: Apex Pharmaceuticals, Leegality, Innovapptive | President: SMEC

In his words

• Technology is the great equalizer - it can transform businesses of any size.
• Invest in people first, ideas second. The team makes all the difference.
• Operators make the best partners — we understand the trenches.
• Emerging ecosystems have unlimited potential waiting to be unlocked.
• Build companies that solve real problems, not just chase trends.
• Boring businesses with an edge create unfair advantage, lower adoption costs, and a faster path to profitability.