:: Kaati Zone ::




		Profile \| Management \| Investors

Kiran Nadkarni | CEO

Kiran has been a pioneering figure in the Indian venture capital industry. He started the venture capital business of ICICI and managed it during the first eight years. Later, he was a partner at Draper International, a venture firm based in San Francisco , which invested in India and the US.

Prior to starting the Kaati Zone venture, he was a co-founder of Jumpstartup, a venture firm that invested in technology businesses both in India and the US. During his career, he helped several entrepreneurial businesses by providing start-up and early-stage capital and brought the initial successes of venture capital industry to public markets. Kiran is a chemical engineer from IIT Kanpur and holds a post-graduate diploma in management from University of Mumbai.

Virendra Yadav | General Manager, Operations

Virendra is a graduate in Hotel Management from IHM, Lucknow, and brings experience in hospitality sector. Prior to Kaati Zone, he was managing the flight kitchen operations of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) at Bangalore airport. Earlier, he worked as a chef at Grand Ashok, a premier hotel property of ITDC, and managed the kitchen operations for banquets, coffee shop and multi-cuisine restaurant. During this period, he serviced several official receptions in honour of visiting foreign heads of state.

Vijaydeep Nadkarni | Head of Technology

Vijaydeep Nadkarni is a graduate in computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. After graduation, he worked at a technology company specializing in digital signal processing for video applications. He represents the founder group on the Board of Directors, and manages information technology function in the company.

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The idea of Kaati Zone was conceived by the founders as a brand of Indian quick service restaurants that will reach to customer...