Karan Dalal

SVP, BD and Operations at Media.Net

๐Ÿ“ New York, New York, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 1 investments๐Ÿ“… 6 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jun 2020
VC๐ŸŒ United States
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The IAB Technology Laboratory (IAB Tech Lab) is a non-profit research and development consortium that produces and provides standards, software, tools, and services to drive growth and efficiency in the global digital media ecosystem.
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2020
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Jun 2020
The IAB Technology Laboratory (IAB Tech Lab) is a non-profit research and development consortium that produces and provides standards, software, tools, and services to drive growth and efficiency in the global digital media ecosystem.
2006
Director, Strategic Partnerships - Skenzo
Jun 2006
Directi comprises of a group of tech businesses owned, operated or invested in by Bhavin Turakhia and/or Divyank Turakhia. The Group brand is used by multiple business units that are run independently by their respective management teams, with similar culture and opportunity. The Directi portfolio companies comprise of Radix, Ringo, Flock, Zeta and Codechef. Media.net, owned by Starbuster TMT Investments, leverages the Directi brand and culture for recruitment in its India offices. Directi also comprised of BigRock, ResellerClub, LogicBoxes and WebHosting.info which were sold to the Endurance International Group in a $160 million transaction in 2014. Across these businesses, Directi employs 1600+ people across 8 offices, with over millions of customers and a group enterprise value of over $1.4 Billion. The company has invested in multiple category leading global brands across business areas as diverse as web presence (domains, hosting, cloud-infrastructure), communication & collaboration (voice and messaging), payments (benefits and compensation) and online advertising. Unique aspects about Directi: -- All Directi businesses are bootstrapped. None of the portfolio companies have any external debt or investments. -- All businesses (barring the newest ones) are profitable, and Directi generates healthy and growing profits and cash flows each year. -- All businesses are amongst the top 5 globally in their respective space. -- All of the businesses of Directi are immensely successful, an uncommon occurrence in the startup space. Join our Talent Community on https://talentsocial.flock.com