Alok Mittal

Alok Mittal is a Co-Founder of Indifi and serves as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Mittal also serves as Founding Board Member at Indian Angel Network. He also serves as Member of the Advisory Board and Investment Manager at YourNest Capital Advisors. He also serves as an Executive at Founders United Trust. He served as a Managing Director at Canaan Partners. He has a broad range of experience founding, funding and supporting early-stage technology companies. He leads Canaan's investments in India, and focuses on digital media and mobile companies, as well as innovators in managed software services and other IT enabled businesses. He is a regular speaker at prominent industry events such as TiE, NASSCOM, VCCircle, Adtech and more. Alok is a co-founder of Indian Angel Network, on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) in Delhi and an advisor to Adtech India. During the course of his association with Canaan India, he has advised Canaan Partners in their investment in BharatMatrimony (Matrimony.com), Equitas, iYogi, mCarbon, UnitedLex, CarTrade and Happiest Minds. He was a Board Member of India Property. Prior to joining the venture industry, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business, which was acquired by Monster.com, the global leader in online recruitment. He also brings strong Telecom experience to Canaan having worked for Hughes Software Systems prior to that. Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.