manish gupta

Manish co-founded Techne Infiniti Ventures and serves as the Managing Director. Techne is a venture fund focused on investing in next generation hospitality technology startups and platforms globally. Manish also co-founded Shashi Group and serves as its Co-Chairman. Shashi owns and operates one of the most premium hospitality asset-portfolio in Silicon Valley.

Manish has worked extensively in the technology industry before venturing into hospitality & investments. He has experience as a founder & CEO, and has led & structured joint ventures, acquisitions, partnerships, sales, operations, and Investments across technology and hospitality industries. He has led over a billion dollars of deals and has structured debt and equity transactions with some of the leading private equity funds, hedge funds and

pension funds.

Prior to Shashi, Manish was the founder & CEO of Panache Services. Manish built Panache from an idea into a profitable global technology company. Previously, as EVP Operations at Zamba, Manish helped transform it from a niche technology player into a leading integrated CRM and data analytics solutions provider. Manish also worked with KPMG and led the CRM solutions for North America. Manish started out writing artificial intelligence & expert systems code for microprocessors.

Manish has a BS in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology,  Karnataka and an MBA in Global Service Operations Management from William E. Simon School of Business, University of Rochester, New York.