Akash Hegde

Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.

We are a leading Shipping Automation company, Enabling brands to ship the products easiest & fastest way. Serving more than 12k online brands, Shipway is well on its way to become the most sought-after growth engine that D2C brands require today.

The Convertway is a powerful platform for WhatsApp & SMS marketing automation. With our app, you can get subscriber and automate the subscriber welcome flows, abandoned cart recovery messages, reactivate old and inactive customers through winback flows, and schedule broadcast campaigns to drive revenue, and increase customer retention. The ConvertWay also helps you in: - Send personalized campaigns from the library of pre-approved templates - Build subscribers list via powerful opt-in popups to drive revenue - Send a scratch card to engage buyers. - Create targeted segments that skyrocket your sales - Automate feedback collect through WhatsApp & SMS Better Conversions with Powerful Features: 1. Subscriber Opt-in Grow your SMS & WhatsApp Subscriber list rapidly and greet your subscriber with automated pre-configured campaign playbooks. 2. Cart Recovery Flows Personalize automated abandoned cart reminders via SMS & WhatsApp for a higher conversion rate. Send Up to 3 SMS or WhatsApp follow-ups at different intervals with coupons & discounts to encourage purchase completion. 3. Broadcasting Use segmentation for precise & highly targeted marketing campaigns with Pre-approved templates to schedule quick campaigns. 4. Conversation 1-on-1 SMS & WhatsApp Conversations to Engage with your customers​ to Build long-lasting relations and instant support. 5. Win-back Re-market to inactive customers based on purchase history & shopping behaviour through auto flow Win-back reminders. 6. Review/Feedback Flows Send Review/Feedback notifications to customers with Automated Flows & collect feedback through SMS/WhatsApp.

Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.

ShakePe is India’s leading platform for automating and managing all types of business spend. Expensing, rewarding, incentivizing and managing all aspects of spend will be a worry of the past. Our proprietary technology and product enables seamless digitisation of enterprise spend such as rewards, incentives and payouts. Companies across sectors such as FMCG, Pharma, Industrials, Auto, and BFSI have deployed ShakePe’s robust, world class platform to digitally transform their reward systems, channel incentives, partner payouts, and other business spends. Our suite of products enable companies to optimize their partner programs’ growth, engagement and loyalty while delivering revenue growth and customer satisfaction.

We are a leading Shipping Automation company, Enabling brands to ship the products easiest & fastest way. Serving more than 12k online brands, Shipway is well on its way to become the most sought-after growth engine that D2C brands require today.

The Convertway is a powerful platform for WhatsApp & SMS marketing automation. With our app, you can get subscriber and automate the subscriber welcome flows, abandoned cart recovery messages, reactivate old and inactive customers through winback flows, and schedule broadcast campaigns to drive revenue, and increase customer retention. The ConvertWay also helps you in: - Send personalized campaigns from the library of pre-approved templates - Build subscribers list via powerful opt-in popups to drive revenue - Send a scratch card to engage buyers. - Create targeted segments that skyrocket your sales - Automate feedback collect through WhatsApp & SMS Better Conversions with Powerful Features: 1. Subscriber Opt-in Grow your SMS & WhatsApp Subscriber list rapidly and greet your subscriber with automated pre-configured campaign playbooks. 2. Cart Recovery Flows Personalize automated abandoned cart reminders via SMS & WhatsApp for a higher conversion rate. Send Up to 3 SMS or WhatsApp follow-ups at different intervals with coupons & discounts to encourage purchase completion. 3. Broadcasting Use segmentation for precise & highly targeted marketing campaigns with Pre-approved templates to schedule quick campaigns. 4. Conversation 1-on-1 SMS & WhatsApp Conversations to Engage with your customers​ to Build long-lasting relations and instant support. 5. Win-back Re-market to inactive customers based on purchase history & shopping behaviour through auto flow Win-back reminders. 6. Review/Feedback Flows Send Review/Feedback notifications to customers with Automated Flows & collect feedback through SMS/WhatsApp.

ShakeDeal aims to be Indias largest B2B bulk sourcing online marketplace for industrial goods, supplies, and raw materials. ShakeDeal was formed with the mission to drive out inefficiencies plaguing the traditional means in which business is conducted. Through a robust marketplace, ShakeDeal is connecting supply chains and closing the gaps in the traditional offline system. ShakeDeals proprietary tools help buyers in their efforts to source industrials directly from the source of the supply chains. ShakeDeal brings you leading and top brands in various verticals of industrials, such as, power tools, hand tools, safety equipment, testing and measuring tools, machinery, construction materials, electricals, fasteners, hardware, etc. ShakeDeal aims to provide best value to its customers looking for industrial products, in terms of price, quality and service levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShakeDeal