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Solution Analysts and the art of getting unstuck
A banking app, a remote machinery expert, a finance team waiting on its data. Solution Analysts builds software around the awkward constraints that decide whether technology gets used.
Rutesh Shah and the art of becoming less necessary
He built Infostretch by asking what customers actually needed. Then Rutesh Shah faced a different question: how do you build a company that can carry on without you at the centre?
Chetan Sheladiya and the distance between two desks
Chetan Sheladiya co-founded Metizsoft in a tiny room in Ahmedabad. His path from software services to AI products turns on a persistent question: how do you make technology useful to the person using it?
eChai Ventures makes a business of showing up
From Ahmedabad chai meetups to a founder network across 25+ cities, eChai makes a patient bet: the people you meet before you need them may matter most.
Manan Thakkar and the hours after sunset
From carbon consulting to solar parks, Manan Thakkar has helped build Prozeal around the energy needs of industry. His next challenge begins when the panels stop producing.
Neel Kotak and the business of small potatoes
A potato too small for a chip maker became the starting point for a food business. Neel Kotak’s journey from Gujarat’s farms to international freezers is a story of finding value where others saw a problem.
TRooTech and the business of making software cooperate
An AI agent, a patient referral, a semiconductor quote: each looks like a different problem. TRooTech earns its place by doing the connective work that makes the next step possible.
Shreyans Chopra
Shreyans Chopra is the founder and CEO of Mstack, an AI-native specialty chemicals company based in Houston that helps North American and global buyers source custom chemicals from a diversified manufacturing network. A chartered accountant turned BCG consultant turned Lightspeed India investor, he started Mstack in July 2022 and scaled it to more than 100 enterprise customers and operational profitability, raising a $40 million Series A led by Lightspeed and Alpha Wave in 2024. In 2025 the company launched Chemstack AI, an R&D platform that compresses molecule synthesis timelines from roughly 18 months to days.
Perception System
Perception System is an AI-enabled software development company founded in 2001 by Sahin Mansuri, with offices in San Jose (USA) and Ahmedabad (India). It builds custom web, mobile, and enterprise software for clients across healthcare, finance, retail, logistics, HR tech, and education - offering full-stack development, cloud and DevOps, e-commerce, product engineering, and dedicated team augmentation. Over 20+ years it has delivered 1,500+ projects to 1,000+ clients in more than 60 countries, including Harvard Medical School, Stanford, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Georgetown University, and IIM Ahmedabad.
Matter
Matter is an Ahmedabad-based deep-tech mobility and energy company best known for the Aera, India's first geared electric motorcycle. Founded in 2019 by Mohal Lalbhai and a team of engineers, Matter designs and manufactures connected electric two-wheelers with a four-speed manual gearbox and liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery packs, alongside a separate line of stationary and mobility energy-storage products. The company runs its own next-generation factory in the Ahmedabad region and has raised tens of millions in venture funding to scale production of vertically integrated, India-specific EVs.
Sahin Mansuri
Sahin Mansuri is the founder and CEO of Perception System, a two-decade-old software and IT services firm with offices in San Jose, California and Ahmedabad, India. He has spent his career building dedicated offshore teams that handle Magento, mobile, AI and enterprise web work for clients across roughly 60 countries.