Start ups and Jignesh Shah: There is no time like the present!

This is true for opportunities in the start-up ecosystem in India currently. And Jignesh Shah, the Chairman Emeritus of 63 moons technologies Ltd., a prolific fintechpreneur himself, also believes the same. After creating successful and strong ventures in exchange and marketplace in the first decade of the millennium, Jignesh Shah is now looking at mentoring wannabes in Indian tech start-up scene.

Thanks to focus & relentless efforts of Narendra Modi government on Make In India and Star-up India initiatives, India has emerged as the 3^rd largest start-up ecosystem in the world currently with local start-ups investing at a global stage. More than 40 Crore people will be trained under different skills over next 3 to 4 years under these initiatives. With such a conducive environment, something which Jignesh Shah believes was nonexistent in earlier regime, he sees 100 times bigger opportunity in the same and intends to be part of and contribute to it.

Jignesh Shah as an entrepreneur himself, with his vision of creating large scale institutions of global standards, has created some big milestones in past. Be it his first product ODIN for exchange business which covered 80%+ market share or creating the first multi commodity exchange MCX which went on to become 2^nd largest commodity exchange in the world basis the trading volumes, he is considered to be the flagbearer of the belief of making India a leading powerhouse in regional and world finance space. He has created more than 10 Lac jobs due to his these and other successful ventures both in India and abroad.

Now Jignesh Shah is looking at opportunities beyond exchanges and marketplaces. He is looking at prospects in IP based field in verticals of agriculture, genetics and robotics as well. And he believes that by aiding the current start-up scene in India in these fields will help generate huge employment openings, to the tune of 10 Crores jobs over the next 10 years. Being a first gen entrepreneur himself, Jignesh Shah believes a star-up ecosystem will thrive in the country if provided with right kind of mentorship and large funding for institutionalization, globalization & scaling up. And he is more than excited to contribute to that!