Jeevan Gnanam's guest appearances

Jeevan Gnanam

Sam Talks Technology

Andy McLoughlin

Rory Sutherland

Tim Berners-Lee

Sarah Frier

Peter Jones

Katharine Hamnett

Robert Scoble

Alan Watkins

Katz Kiely

Andy Evans

Charlie Cox

Rhys Jones

Hugh MacLeod

Shaa Wasmund

Richard Edwards

OwlTail

Jeevan was visiting my good friend Manoj Ranaweera, who runs Techelerate Ventures in Manchester.  We spoke about Jeevan's entrepreneurial journey and his entrepreneurial grandfather. Jeevan talked about the first companies he started.  He started a cab driving company while at University with friends in America. He moved back to Sri Lanka and with his brother tried to start and e-commerce company but that failed due to the Sri Lankan infrastructure and market not being mature.  Like all good entrepreneurs he pivoted to a successful idea of running Orion City, Sri Lanka’s first operational IT Park to build the infrastructure needed to help other startups.  He soon opened Hatch, Sri Lanka's largest co-working/incubator/accelerator space. Today he also runs Veracity AI an specialist outsourced company that helps other companies build their own AI solution.  He has come over to Manchester to partner with Techcelerate Ventures who work with Founding and Management Teams of Technology Product Companies to accelerate their growth and eventually reach an EXIT, including helping them with product development, customer acquisition, strategy, positioning, fundraising and M&amp;A backed by know-how, data, tools and insights.  

Jeevan was visiting my good friend Manoj Ranaweera, who runs Techelerate Ventures in Manchester.  We spoke about Jeevan's entrepreneurial journey and his entrepreneurial grandfather. Jeevan talked about the first companies he started.  He started a cab driving company while at University with friends in America. He moved back to Sri Lanka and with his brother tried to start and e-commerce company but that failed due to the Sri Lankan infrastructure and market not being mature.  Like all good entrepreneurs he pivoted to a successful idea of running Orion City, Sri Lanka’s first operational IT Park to build the infrastructure needed to help other startups.  He soon opened Hatch, Sri Lanka's largest co-working/incubator/accelerator space. Today he also runs Veracity AI an specialist outsourced company that helps other companies build their own AI solution.  He has come over to Manchester to partner with Techcelerate Ventures who work with Founding and Management Teams of Technology Product Companies to accelerate their growth and eventually reach an EXIT, including helping them with product development, customer acquisition, strategy, positioning, fundraising and M&amp;A backed by know-how, data, tools and insights.

Jeevan Gnanam talks about building on his grandfathers legacy to create Sri Lanka’s tech scene.