Organising South Asian weddings
A social marketplace for organising South Asian weddings (diaspora)
First employee at the world’s first civic crowdfunding platform, Spacehive. Took the business from idea to profitability in 7 years, leading the commercial side of the business and later joining the board. Formerly an elected councillor in London Borough of Harrow, serving for two terms, leading on innovation and working with national government to pioneer innovation amongst local authorities across the country. Co-creator of The Business of Weddings podcast.
Technical team lead at Dogfish, a software agency that built the first mobile apps for some of the UK’s leading consumer-facing companies; including Lego, Virgin Trains, TUI Travel, Network Rail, and St. James Place. Took team to exit. Successfully set up a Mobile Centre of Excellence within Public Health England which delivered re-engineered versions of applications like Be Food Smart, Couch to 5k, Quit Coach and more, leading to 1 in 10 people in the UK using a product that he built. Taken multiple startups from idea to seed round raise.
Seven years as founder of award-winning Carriages Weddings & Events, one of the UK’s leading Indian wedding planning companies. Former journalist, radio presenter, and co-creator of The Business of Weddings podcast.
Active users
250Per week
Net revenue
£50,000All time
Here are some early traction numbers:
Over the next 18 months, we want to do the following:
Investor
€25,000 from Enterprise Ireland
Investor
€98,000 from Ready Set Startup