# Prashant Kirtane

> Prashant Kirtane is the Singapore-based co-founder and CEO of WegoPro, formerly Travelstop. An engineering graduate of VJTI in Mumbai, he worked at Yahoo, co-founded Travelmob and became HomeAway’s vice president for Asia before building a business travel and expense-management platform with Vijay Aggarwal and Altaf Dhamani.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at WegoPro
- **Organizations:** WegoPro, Travelstop, Travelmob, HomeAway, Yahoo, Tata Infotech, Timesaverz
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai University
- **Known for:** Led a global Yahoo video engineering team of more than 40 engineers., Co-founded Travelmob, acquired by HomeAway in stages in 2013 and 2015., Led HomeAway’s Asia business after Travelmob’s integration.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Started his career in India at Tata Infotech.
- **2000-2012** — Worked at Yahoo, including leadership of mobile media and global video engineering.
- **2012** — Co-founded Travelmob with Turochas Fuad; served as CTO.
- **2013** — HomeAway acquired a majority stake in Travelmob.
- **2015** — HomeAway acquired the remaining stake and named Kirtane vice president for Asia.
- **2017** — Co-founded Travelstop with Vijay Aggarwal and Altaf Dhamani.
- **2018** — Travelstop launched and announced a US$1.2 million seed round led by SeedPlus.
- **2019** — Travelstop raised US$3 million in a pre-Series A round led by Accel.
- **2023** — Wego acquired Travelstop in September.
- **2024** — Travelstop became WegoPro, launching in seven MENA markets in January.

## Achievements

- Led a global Yahoo video engineering team of more than 40 engineers.
- Co-founded Travelmob, acquired by HomeAway in stages in 2013 and 2015.
- Led HomeAway’s Asia business after Travelmob’s integration.
- Co-founded Travelstop, which attracted SeedPlus and Accel backing and was acquired by Wego.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — A July 2 event announcement reports Kirtane discussing regional workflows and end-to-end travel management at a Dubai event organised by Adapts Media.
- **2026-04** — Wego’s April 24 announcement confirms that WegoPro operates a dedicated Mumbai office.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/pkirtane

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Last updated: 2026-10-11