Mahesh Pratapneni serves as Managing Director at Emerge Ventures. He is also an angel investor. He served as Partner at Vidinovo. Mahesh Pratapneni serves as Board Member at Medgenome Labs. He specializes in incubating product companies in the education, healthcare, and data/analytics sectors. EmergeOut provides funding and re-engineering services for small and mid-sized technology businesses, with a focus in product visualization, product roadmap planning, design, development, and marketing. His previous experiences include serving on the executive teams of CalSoft Group (software) and OneWest (banking and finance), as well as assistance to numerous vertical, horizontal and system software products companies, including HP and Nortel, in all aspects of product development and management. Mahesh earned his academic credentials with degrees in electronics and communications from IIT and his MBA from IIM.