Ush Patel

Limited Partner Advisory Board

2015

Jungle is a Singapore based venture firm that invests and helps build category leaders from Asia. Jungle is reinventing how venture capital is done in Asia with its operations as a service model. Full-time partners at Jungle Ventures work with portfolio companies on marketing and design, product management, engineering and recruiting. These Operating Partners include executives with decades of deep operating experience at global startups such as Google, Facebook and leading tech category leaders in Asia such as Lazada and Komli Media. Jungle invests across all early stages of startups and has investments in india, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other hotbeds of entrepreneurial activity in Asia.

Chairman of the Board

2014

Literacy Lab provides direct service programs to young children and their families by leveraging three critical components early learners need when building a strong learning foundation–access to high quality interactive literacy resources, empowering relationships between children, family and educators, and use of technologies that will personalize learning and propel a child into reading success and a lifelong love of learning.

Board Trustee

2010

Indus International Schools provide a completely balanced environment focused on shaping children into leaders of tomorrow. They offer comprehensive education through a developmental approach. The school's environment promotes order, independence, a love for learning, a connection to the world and a sense of social responsibility. Indus International Schools are located in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. The Indus family also includes: - Indus International Community School (IICS) is the first of its kind, a truly international school for children living below poverty line in the rural areas. Serving a community, who could otherwise not afford "a quality education". - The Indus School of Leadership (ISL) which provides opportunities for outdoor leadership education. The ISL has India's only Discovery Course Programme that is certified by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT), USA. Participants are exposed to mental and physical challenges, enabling exploration of their innate leadership qualities. - In today’s Knowledge Age, teachers are change-agents who are expected to lead reform in curriculum, in students and in community. The rapid rate of knowledge obsolescence requires teachers to become lifelong learners. Indus Training and Research Institute (ITARI) understands that the quality of teachers is very critical for all educational institutions and helps bridge the gap between teaching and research. 2016 Day/Boarding School Rankings in India by Education World: #1 Indus International School, Bangalore #4 Indus International School, Pune #9 Indus International School, Hyderabad

Partner

2008

VKRM is a boutique early stage venture capital firm committed to supporting entrepreneurs to build innovative and industry leading businesses. VKRM was founded in 2007. VKRM has invested in more than 30 companies and funds since inception with a primary focus on investments in Enterprise Services and Software, Education and Internet sectors. We proactively focus across all our core markets and aim to back the most promising companies independent of stage of business maturity. Our firm makes long-term commitments, as a growth investor, providing strategic and operational guidance to help existing management teams build world class businesses. Notable recent investments: Inmage Systems sold to Microsoft Baarzo sold to Google CloudVolumes sold to VMware

Founder

2011

Independent creator of educational children's applications. It was Founded in 2011 by two friends who are parents themselves and felt there was a need for a report based learning system of apps to better understand what each child is doing and how well. Pre-K Letters and Numbers is the first of a series of applications being developed by the team with additional versions coming out in Spanish, French and Android. The BrightStart series of applications can be found in the Apple iTunes stores worldwide by searching for 'BrightStart Pre-K'.

Board Member, Finance Chair

2014 - 2015

Bring Me A Book's mission is to strengthen the language and literacy skills of underserved children. Bring Me A Book seeks to change access to early literacy through our integrated programs, change awareness and behavior by building parental and caregiver understanding of the critical importance of literacy development, so that we can change lives.

Co-Founder, Investor & Board Member

2008 - 2012

Director

2006 - 2008

Application Development Manager

1999 - 2006