Meet The Team

Purplle is lovingly build and maintained by these fine folks

Manish Taneja

Co- Founder, CEO

He has a strong background in finance and technology and an amazing work experience with the big players of the industry including Avendus Capital and Lehman Brothers. Manish then decided to start his own venture and since then, he hasn’t turned back. He plays the role of a friend, a CEO and a guide. A green tea connoisseur and full time leader, this guy is living the definition of ‘winning life’!

Rahul Dash

Co-Founder, COO

Rahul loves the intersection of technology and consumer perspectives. An IIT Kharagpur & IIM Ahmedabad graduate, he experienced a rich and diverse journey from writing AI scripts for multiplayer gaming engine to building aero structure facilities to working on advanced fuel cell technology. He has an uncanny ability to effortlessly connect with CXOs and workers on a shop floor alike. An automobile enthusiast in his free time, Rahul loves reading biographies.

Suyash Katyayani

CTO

Suyash is the quintessential techie every startup needs. He believes in solving problems using technology, preferably open source :). He has great passion for engineering products & back-end systems. He is the architect of the tech stack & loves experimenting with new technologies. An IIT Kharagpur graduate and Ex-Onmobile Global, he previously founded Vidyacenter.com, an online learning platform for teachers & students. He has a simple philosophy when it comes to building something – ‘Get it up. Keep it Running. Optimize. Scale. Repeat.’

Foodie, Coffee Lover & Wanna-be Singer.

Pooja Acharya

Chief Beauty Officer

Pooja has worked with Shiseido where she was education executive and business manager. Her extensive beauty experience spans across international brands including Chanel and stores like Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus and Macy’s in New York. Pooja has also worked closely with internationally renowned makeup artistes Dick Page, Setsuko and Miyako, Oswsldo Perez and Renato and has created specialised beauty training modules based on world renowned practices.

Our Investors

gaurav

Gaurav Sachdeva

jsw
vikram

Vikram Gupta

ivycap
ashish

Ashish Fafadia

blume
kayar

Kayar Raghavan

the chennai
gita

Gita Nayyar

mumbai angles
girish

Girish Bhakoo

Partner at Acacia Partners

nikhil

Nikhil Vora

Founder & CEO at Sixth Sense Ventures

deven

Deven Sharma

Ex President Standard and Poors

vinay

Vinay Menon

Managing Director at JP Morgan

ravi

Ravi Dhariwal

Ex CEO Benett Coleman & Co. Ltd.