Tejpaul Bhatia

Tejpaul Bhatia

Tejpaul Bhatia is the Chief Revenue Officer at Axiom Space, a company focused on the commercial development of space.12 He has over 25 years of startup and strategic leadership experience, including roles at some of the world's biggest companies and three investor-backed, high-growth startups.12

Prior to joining Axiom Space, Bhatia led the external strategic narrative for the office of the CIO at Google, where he met with C-suite executives at Fortune 100 corporations to discuss the future of work, supporting over $4B in sales pipeline.1

Bhatia first joined Google as the startup ecosystem manager in New York to establish and grow Google Cloud's presence with startup founders, venture capital firms, and family offices.1 He previously was an entrepreneur in residence at Citi Ventures.1

As a startup founder for 10 years prior, Bhatia served as chief operating officer for educational technology company Explain Everything, chief executive officer of video chatting platform Chatwala, and chief executive officer of Kaptur, an app that enables users to instantly aggregate all photos taken at any event in seconds.13

Before founding Kaptur, Bhatia was senior manager of product and international strategy for ESPN, where he launched ESPN3 in the US, Mexico, Brazil, and Europe.1 He also co-founded Media Strategy Partners, a media asset management consulting company that continues to serve broadcasters worldwide.34

Bhatia holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.12 He has served in non-profit leadership and board positions at the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Startup Leadership Program.12