Jayadeep (Jay) Apte 🌏

Jayadeep (Jay) Apte, a seasoned professional with a background in commercialization and scaling businesses globally across various sectors and technologies, is currently a resident in Singapore after many years of operation in the UK and Asia.

With key interests in supporting path breaking research and innovations, preparing founders for entrepreneurial journeys, assisting in strategy formulation and execution, aiding in fund/deal sourcing and M&A in deep tech space, enabling corporates, universities, and governments to leverage transformative innovations for growth, coaching and scaling cricket, and engaging in charitable causes, Jayadeep brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the table.

Having over twenty-five years of experience in delivering transformative outcomes and business growth, Jayadeep has a proven track record in consultative-led sales, business development, and scaling innovative startups and MNCs. He has successfully secured marquee clients, built strong partner networks, raised funds, and generated substantial revenues and thriving growth ecosystems.

Jayadeep holds an MBA in Marketing from Savitribai Phule Pune University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from Goa University.

Throughout his career, Jayadeep has held various key positions in organizations such as Director of Business Development at NUS Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM), Business Mentor at National University of Singapore, Advisor at HyperKu, Commercial Champion at NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme (GRIP), Advisor at Garden District Ventures, Mentor-Advisor at R3, Partner at Caelius Consulting Inc., Senior Advisor and Coach at Tenity (formerly F10) FinTech Incubator & Accelerator, Director at AptDocs, part of the Leadership Team at The CrowdHub Group, Consultant at Pan Asia Resources, VP of Sales, Business Development, and Alliances at LaLa World, Member of the Fido Working Group at FIDO Alliance, part of the Leadership Team in Sales and Business Development at UNIKEN Inc., Head of Global Business Development and Sales at Cheers Interactive, Vice President at Touchbase, and Sales and Business Development Manager at Tata Telecom Ltd (Avaya GlobalConnect Ltd).